A 5.0 magnitude earthquake occurs 50 kilometers from the Georgian border

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake occurs 50 kilometers from the Georgian border

An earthquake occurred 50 kilometers from the state border of Georgia.

According to the Institute of Earth Sciences and the National Center for Seismic Monitoring, the tremors were registered in Russia, 50 km from the Georgian state border, at 01:29 Tbilisi time. Its epicenter was Chechnya.

The magnitude of the earthquake was 5.0 (ML).