2010 February 18 01:13:18 UTC

Today 18 February 2010 at 01:13:18 UTC A major earthquake hit the russian boarder with china!

An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 has struck near the border with northeast China, North Korea and Russia. Depth of the earthquake indicated that it was unlikely to have caused extensive damage or were caused by an explosion.

The earthquake, in the territory of Russia, occurred at 10:13 local time, 100 km (60 miles) north-east of Chongjin in North Korea at a depth of 573.8 kilometers, the U. S. Geological Survey. States. said on its website. There were no reports of casualties or damage.

“Our preliminary assessment is that it is highly unlikely that the earthquake was caused by a nuclear test, given the depth of the epicenter,” said Kim Young Sun, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of South Korea, told reporters today in Seoul. Kim gave no further details, saying that the government is still considering the issue.

Two nuclear test by North Korea in 2006 and 2009 resulted in the shocks were minor compared to the earthquake today. The April 2009 explosion of an atomic device caused an earthquake of magnitude 4.7, 10 km below the surface of the Earth, the U. S. Geological Survey, said then.

Chongjin, located in North Hamkyong Province, is a key port city on North Korea’s trade with China. The province is also home to the area of the country Rason economic.

Reduces damage from the tremors of earthquakes deeper than Earth’s surface, according to the Institute of crustal studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. The earthquake of magnitude 7-January 12 in Haiti, which has killed about 250,000 people, occurred at a depth of 13 kilometers.