Seven earthquakes recorded off Crimea’s coast near Sevastopol

SEVASTOPOL, June 22. /TASS/. Seven earthquakes have occurred off the coast of Crimea near Sevastopol, the city’s Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said.

"According to the latest data from the Crimean Seismic Network, seven earthquakes took place in the Black Sea this morning, two of them felt, accompanied by foreshocks and aftershocks," he wrote on Telegram.

One of the two strongest quakes, with a magnitude of 3.7, was detected about 26 km from Sevastopol at 6:14 a.m. local time, while the other, a 4.4-magnitude quake, struck 30 km from the city at 8:48 a.m.

No damage was reported in Sevastopol after the quakes, although further tremors are possible, the governor added.

"I urge everyone to stay calm. Experts say that regular seismic activity in our region is normal," he stressed.

The series of seven quakes off the coast of Sevastopol lasted four hours, from 5:09 a.m. to 9:08 a.m., Marina Bondar, deputy director of the Institute of Seismology and Geodynamics at the Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, told TASS.