4.7 earthquake in Sochi

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:40

In the mountainous regions of the Krasnodar Territory, scientists constantly record tremors of insignificant power. Usually they go unnoticed by the inhabitants of the Kuban, but in the fall of 2016 in Sochi, an earthquake of magnitude 4.7 was recorded by local seismologists. In fact, tremors were noticed by scientists twice - in September and October.

September 22: Abkhazia

The epicenter of the tremors on September 22, 2016 was in the Republic of Abkhazia, near the city of Sukhumi. In Sochi, the earthquake was felt with a magnitude of 4.6. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, there was no significant damage, as well as data on victims or victims. But still, many locals felt fear at this level of tremors, and the rescue service hotline received several phone calls about this.

October 30: Kuban

A month later, in the Apsheron region of the Kuban, between the resort town of Tuapse and Neftegorsk, tremors of even greater power occurred - 4.7 points. In Sochi, the earthquake was slightly felt, and there were no reports of casu alties or damage.

But most residents of the resort town of the Krasnodar Territory are frightened by the appearance of frequent undergroundshocks. Scientists, in turn, are in a hurry to assure Sochi residents that fluctuations are not dangerous and there is no need to panic in case of repeated occurrences.

Scientists' opinion about aftershocks in Sochi

In October 2016, the Sochi Conference of the Seismic Protection Association was held. The scientists discussed the world seismic situation. It was emphasized that usually in cities where there is a possibility of mining of minerals of various levels, there is a danger of high seismicity.

In addition, seismologists emphasize that mountainous areas have always been considered seismically dangerous, so scientists monitor the situation on their territory. Therefore, all earthquakes in Sochi, whose statistics are maintained by employees of Kuban universities, were predicted in advance.

Interestingly, it is Krasnodar scientists who have unique equipment that allows them to study the earth's crust and predict even minor earthquakes in advance. Also on the territory of the Kuban, in the city of Armavir, special devices are produced to monitor the seismic situation. In connection with these factors, one can not be afraid that an earthquake of significant power in Sochi will go unnoticed. Most likely, the residents of the resort mountain town will be warned in advance before a terrible disaster occurs.