Russia: Tremors cause evacuations in Moscow

Posted on May 26, 2013 • Filed under: Natural Disaster, Russia, Travel News

Sptimes.ru reports that at least 9,000 people were evacuated from Moscow buildings on Friday as the capital experienced its first tremors from an earthquake in 35 years. The scare came as a strong earthquake off the coast of Sakhalin in the Far East sent shockwaves throughout Russia, causing buildings to lightly shake in Moscow, about 7,000 kilometers away. “In Moscow, the earthquake was felt on the upper floors of high-rise buildings,” the Emergency Situations Ministry said in a statement. Read article

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