4 earthquakes recorded in Georgia

Four earthquakes recorded in Georgia Vladislav Kravtsov

4 earthquakes recorded in Georgia/Collage by Channel 24

Seismologists recorded earthquakes in Georgia on the evening of June 16. Residents of the country felt the tremors at least 4 times.

Residents of temporarily occupied South Ossetia also felt tremors. According to the local Ministry of Emergency Situations, people waited out the earthquake on the street.

Tremors were recorded in Georgia 4 times

Echo of the Caucasus journalists, citing data from the National Center for Seismic Monitoring, noted that the epicenter of the tremors was located near the villages of Iri and Badzhikhevi, southeast of the city of Oni as part of the Racha-Lechkhumi and Nizhnyaya region Svaneti.

The first tremors were recorded at 17:16 Tbilisi time, then at 19:42, 19; 49 and 20:08.

The magnitude of the first earthquake was 3.8, the second 4.7, the third 4.4, the fourth 3.3.

Tremors were also felt in occupied South Ossetia

Echo of the Caucasus journalists also noted that the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the self-proclaimed republic of South Ossetia, which was occupied by Russia in Georgia, reported that residents of the region also felt tremors on the evening of June 16. The department noted that the epicenter of the earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 was in Georgia, in one of the most seismically active points.

As a result, tremors were felt in the city of Kvaisi, Dzau region. According to the Kvaisinsky unit of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, no injuries or destruction were recorded at the site. However, city residents are waiting on the street for the tremors to stop.

The so-called South Ossetian “Prime Minister” Konstantin Dzhussoev and the “Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations” Ibragim Gasseev, on behalf of the “president of the country”, left for the evening Kwais to see what happened to the city and its inhabitants.

It is worth noting that previously noticeable tremors in South Ossetia occurred a week ago.

Recently there was a strong earthquake in Naples

• On May 20, a strong earthquake occurred in the volcanic region of the Phlegrean Fields near Naples. Its magnitude reached 4.4, the highest in the region in 40 years.
• Local residents reported cracks in walls and falling eaves in houses as a result of the earthquake . This earthquake is part of a long-term “seismic storm”.
• The Italians recorded about 150 earthquakes in 5 hours. Local residents also demand that authorities inspect houses after strong earthquakes. The authorities said that this is happening slowly due to a lack of resources.