On the morning of Friday, March 6, an earthquake occurred in Sochi. city residents speak “Argument and fact” that during the earthquake, chandeliers swayed in the apartments.
Sochi Mayor Andrey Proshunin reported on his Telegram channel that a 4.1 magnitude earthquake occurred at the resort. According to him, the epicenter was at sea. There was no destruction or casualties.
According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km and had a magnitude of 4.5. The outbreak is located 189 km from Krasnodar and 30 km from Sochi.
“Tremors were felt in Donskaya, although not much. Chandeliers swayed, coffee in cups “wobbled”. The morning did not start very pleasantly,” said local resident Maxim.
One town resident said at around 7.30am “it literally shook for a few seconds”: “The glass was rattling, you could see it in the aquarium – the water was shaking.”
“At first, I didn't understand what was going on. I thought the neighbor dropped something heavy and the chandelier was shaking. Then I realized something was wrong. But it only lasted a few seconds,” said a Sochi resident named Anna.
Tremors were recorded twice in Sochi three days ago, on March 3. Then the intensity of the earthquake was 4.4 points. Previously, on February 13, earthquakes with a magnitude of 4 were recorded in the city.
