What the records say
- When
- 11 Oct 2008
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.7
- Where
- Russia
- Coordinates
- 43.37° N, 46.25° E
- Deaths
- 13
- Injuries
- 100
- Depth km
- 16
2008 Chechnya earthquake
The 2008 Chechnya earthquake occurred October 11 at 09:06:10 UTC in Chechnya, Russia, with a Mwc magnitude of 5.8. At least 13 people from the districts of Gudermes, Shalinsky and Kurchaloyevsky were killed. The mainshock and a series of aftershocks were felt throughout the North Caucasus, and even in Armenia and Georgia. About 116 people were injured.
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3 sources record it
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An earthquake struck southern Russia with tremors felt across five Russian regions”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un terremoto de 5,8 sacude la república de Chechenia dejando 13 muertos y decenas de heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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