KEMEROVO, 13 Aug The magnitude of the earthquake in Kuzbass was 5.4, according to the website of the Altai-Sayan branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Earlier, with reference to the US Geophysical Survey (USGS), it was reported that an earthquake of magnitude 5.0 occurred near the city of Kemerovo in the Kemerovo region. The earthquake was recorded at 20.41 UTC (23.41 Moscow time). The epicenter was located 125 kilometers north-west of Kemerovo, 36 kilometers from the village of Inskoye and 42 kilometers from Kiselevsk. The source lay at a depth of 14.8 kilometers. As follows from the data posted on the website of the Russian service, the epicenter of the earthquake was located near the village of Bolshaya Talda in the Prokopyevsky district of the Kemerovo region, the magnitude of the earthquake was 5.4. According to the Center for Operational Control of the Housing and Utilities and Road Complex of Kuzbass, according to preliminary data, there are no injuries or destruction. Life support systems are operating normally. The Telegram channel of the Siberian Generating Company notes that the natural disaster did not affect the operation of the Belovskaya GRES, located near the epicenter. an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 was recorded. Of our power facilities, the closest to the epicenter of the seismic event is the Belovskaya GRES … The tremors did not affect the operation of the Belovskaya GRES … During the day, specialists will conduct a visual inspection of industrial buildings, power plants and hydraulic structures of the reservoir, «says The Belovskaya GRES is the second largest power plant in Kuzbass in terms of installed capacity, which accounts for a third of all electricity generated in the loop of the Kuzbass power plants of the Siberian generating company. It happened 59 kilometers from Novokuznetsk, at the moment there are no casualties or destructions in Novokuznetsk. «A telephone message was sent to all organizations about the conduct of the inspection of the technical condition of apartment buildings, social facilities and all buildings,» Yelkin said.
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