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Earthquake shatters Caucasus

Published: 08 September, 2009, 13:56


The epicenter of a powerful earthquake that rocked the Caucasus at 2:41am local time Tuesday was in the mountainous Oni region, 156 kilometers from the Georgian capital Tbilisi. It measured over 6 on the Richter Scale.

 
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