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GLIDE Record
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Event:
EQ Earthquake
Number:
2007-000119
Country:
RUS Russia
Location:
Sakhalin Island
Date (YMD):
2007-8-2
Time:
01:37
Duration:
Magnitude:
6.2
Information Source:
IFRC Bulletin no. 1
Comments:
On Thursday 2 August two strong underground tremors, registering 6.2 and 5.9 on the Richter scale, hit Sakhalin region in the far east of the Russian Federation. About ten settlements with a combined population of over 60,000 people are situated in the disaster area. Two people were killed and ten injured during the earthquake. Damage included structural damage to apartment buildings and facilities, as well as loss of power and water supplies in Nevelsk and several villages. At present, a state of emergency has been declared by the Ministry of Emergencies.
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