Moderate earthquake in the greater Novosibirsk region, Russia – Hundreds of houses damaged
Last update: June 19, 2013 at 2:39 pm by By Ashish Khanal
Update 14:31 UTC : As expected, many buildings in the epicenter area were damaged. Early reports mentioned a total number of at least 500 damaged houses, some of them with collapsed walls. Other reports say that at least 5000 chimneys were destroyed by the quake. Many people left their houses, some of them due to the fear of a imminent stronger quake, which was spreaded by local TV agencies, and some of them because of the destruction. The total damage is estimated to 150 mio rubles.
Due to this damage, this earthquake has been categorized ad CATDAT Orange
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Update 04:25 UTC : The work in local coal mines was stopped after the earthquake to check whether there is any damage in the underground.
Update 00:20 UTC : Ministry of Emergency Situations is currently making an assessment in the epicenter area. The have not reported any damage or injuries so far, but ER does expect at least minor damage in a radius of 10 to 20 km around the epicenter.
Update 00:09 UTC : After a search in the historical damage database, we could not find any damaging historical earthquakes in the epicenter area, a good sign !
Update 23:56 UTC : No specific information so far in the Russian press. Certainly no more than what our readers are telling here. RAS has no report on the earthquake yet.
Update 23:48 UTC : As can be seen on the map below, no historic important earthquakes in the region since 1900. The epicenter is however below soft soil (farming fields). Soft soil is known as dangerous for earthquake waves. It will take a number of hours, normally until daylight, to find out whether damage was inflicted.
Update 23:34 UTC : Earthquake-Report.com calls this earthquake moderately dangerous because it is close to populated locations and because of the shallow depth.
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Update 23:23 UTC : Preliminary Magnitude M5.3 at a depth of 9.8 km = moderately dangerous
Update 23:17 UTC : No agency has reported the seismological data so far. We are following up every minute.
- 3km (2mi) W of Starobachaty, Russia
- 5km (3mi) SSE of Bachatskiy, Russia
- 14km (9mi) ESE of Gur’yevsk, Russia
- 21km (13mi) SSW of Belovo, Russia
- 1048km (651mi) ENE of Astana, Kazakhstan
Most important Earthquake Data:
Magnitude : 5.3
Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2013-06-19 06:02:09
GMT/UTC Time : 2013-06-18 23:02:09
from: http://earthquake-report.com/2013/06/18/moderate-earthquake-southwestern-siberia-russia-on-june-18-2013/