The epicenter of the earthquake was in Slovakia, 40 km from Uzhgorod. Its strength is 4.5 points, Transcarpathian media reported.
An earthquake occurred in Uzhgorod. It was reported to the Transcarpathian Regional Administration.
“It was reported that tremors were felt almost throughout the region. Employees of the State Emergency Service are assessing possible damage to infrastructure and the housing sector. According to experts, this is the third earthquake in the Carpathian mountain range belt. Monitoring is ongoing the situation,” the message said.
All critical infrastructure facilities were reported to be undamaged and functioning as normal.
According to information from the seismicity department of the Carpathian region of the Institute of Geophysics named. Subbotina NAS of Ukraine, the epicenter of the earthquake was in the village of Novaya Kelcha (Slovakia). Magnitude 5. Time – 21:23. Line 101 received 15 reports from the public of tremors, with no negative consequences.
Social networks reported that the earthquake was also felt in Lviv and Ternopil regions.
We remind you that on October 7, the most destructive earthquake in the past 20 years occurred in Afghanistan. The magnitude of the tremors was 6.3.
Source: korrespondent
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