“The seismic event occurred on Wednesday at 14:44 local time (5:44 Moscow time) on the territory of the Yelizovsky district. Its focus lies at a depth of 159 km. The nearest settlement - the village of Milkovo - was located 67 km southeast of the epicenter of the earthquake, ”Interfax quotes a representative of the agency.
It is specified that there are no victims and destruction as a result of the emergency.
Earlier, seismologists recorded an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 near the Cayman Islands.