5.6M earthquake strikes Russia’s Lake Baikal

An earthquake 5.6 magnitude on the Richter scale struck the Lake Baikal region in Russia’s Irkutsk Oblast today, WAM reports.

5.6M earthquake strikes Russia’s Lake Baikal
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The General Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the region stated that the earthquake’s epicentre was in the waters of Lake Baikal, approximately 36 kilometres from the town of Bolshoy Goloustnoy in Irkutsk.

Authorities confirmed that all infrastructure facilities in the area are operating normally, with no reported damage or casualties.

Earlier, it was reported that twenty-seven people were injured after a magnitude-6.2 earthquake jolted Tainan City in China's Taiwan region on January 21. 

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