On the coast of Crimea there was an earthquake

Tremors recorded in the Black sea near Yalta on Saturday morning. According to the deputy director of the Institute of Seismology and Geodynamics of Vernadsky KFU Marina Bondar, the epicenter was about 18 kilometers from the coast.

The earthquake occurred at 09:57 MSK, its magnitude was 3.0. Appeals from residents of the peninsula, who could feel the tremors, to the operational services and the Ministry of Emergency Situations was not received.

Crimea belongs to seismically active regions, where weak tremors are regularly recorded. Most of these events do not lead to serious consequences, but the history of the peninsula knows devastating earthquakes.

One of the strongest occurred on the night of September 11-12, 1927 in the Black Sea near Yalta. Underground fluctuations caused large-scale destruction on the southern coast of Crimea, especially in Yalta. Residential houses and other buildings were affected, landslides and landslides occurred.