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No casualties, no damage in new tremor in Tuva – ministry

A seismic event measuring four points Richter scale in the epicenter and less than two points in populated areas occurred 70 kilometers northeast of the Saryg-Sep village
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KRASNOYARSK, January 1 (Itar-Tass) —— Tuva sustained another tremor on Sunday, a source at the Krasnoyarsk territorial emergency situations department told Itar-Tass.

A seismic event measuring four points Richter scale in the epicenter and less than two points in populated areas occurred 70 kilometers northeast of the Saryg-Sep village in the Kaa-Khem district at 11:13 a.m. local time (7:00 a.m. Moscow time), the Krasnoyarsk Geology and Mineral Resources Institute reports.

The tremor caused neither casualties nor damage, press secretary of the republican emergency situations department Louisa Sevil told Itar-Tass.