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Strong 6.6 quake rocks Siberia: USGS

A strong, shallow 6.6-magnitude quake shook southwestern Siberia on Tuesday some 58 miles (94 kilometers) east of the Russian city of Kyzyl, US seismologists said.

Updated on: Dec 27, 2011, 21:50:47 IST
AFP | By , Washington
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A strong, shallow 6.6-magnitude quake shook southwestern Siberia on Tuesday some 58 miles (94 kilometers) east of the Russian city of Kyzyl, US seismologists said.


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The quake, which struck at 10.21pm (1521 GMT), hit at a depth of 3.7 miles (six kilometers), the US Geological Survey said in a statement.

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