Very strong shallow dangerous earthquake in Amur area, Russia – many aftershocks are reported
Last update: October 14, 2011 at 2:03 pm by By Armand Vervaeck – James Daniell – Szombath Balazs
arthquake overview : A 5.9 magnitude strong earthquake hit Amurskaya Oblast, Russia. The hypocenter was located at 13.8 km depth. The epicenter was close to Skovordino a town with over 10,000 inhabitants.
Village and landscape in the earthquake area – image courtesy Tanya Konchik
UPDATE 10:54 UTC : We have found no evidence yet of serious damage and/or injuries
UPDATE: Authorities are talking about “awave of aftershocks“. People walking in the streets of Chita said that “The buildings were moving objects“.
UPDATE: The power supply was temporarily down because of the failure of 2 power substations at Bam. 4 hours 25 minutes later evrything was back to normal.
UPDATE: The earthquake has been calledAmur earthquake by local authorities.
UPDATE: According to experts, the epicenter of the earthquake was located 7 km east of the village Tahtamygda Skovorodinsky district, 134 km southwest of Tynda
UPDATE: * The power supply has been fixed, however as they expect new tremors, delays are expected.
* PAGER has updated the shaking damage estimate to be around $2-3 million (median estimate) .
UPDATE: The Russian Ministry for Emergency operations reports that : the earthquake occurred in the Amur region, some 20 km from Skovorodino, the end point of the current 600,000 barrels/day ESPO pipeline where crude is loaded into railroad tanks for further transportation to Kozmino. Workers who are inspecting the pipeline have not yet reported any damage yet.