On June 9, Beijing time, according to the Tass news agency, the Russian Ministry of emergency situations said on the 8th that a magnitude 8.3 earthquake occurred in the waters of Lake Baikal in Irkutsk oblast on the same day. It is understood that the earthquake occurred at 20:24 local time (15:24 Moscow time).
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In addition, according to the Irkutsk state emergency Bureau, the epicenter was located in the waters of Lake Baikal, 17 kilometers away from the town of great goloustnoye in Irkutsk state, the earthquake felt in nearby cities was lower than magnitude 5 .
The earthquake has not caused casualties and property losses, and the infrastructure of the state is operating normally.
Today, RT in Russia also reported the earthquake and uploaded a picture taken by local residents. It can be seen that the chandeliers in the house are shaking, but not violently.
The official of China's national seismological network also monitored the earthquake. It announced yesterday evening that China's Seismological Network officially determined that: *at 20:24 on June 8, a magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurred in the Baikal Lake region of Russia (52.10 degrees north latitude and 105.75 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 10 km *.
As for why the grades measured in China are quite different from those measured in Russia, the official did not explain why.
Fortunately, the epicenter area was sparsely populated. As for the cause of the earthquake, some professionals said that Lake Baikal was formed by the collision and separation of the Eurasian plate and the Amur plate, so earthquakes occurred all year round .