morning of August 14, 2012 the inhabitants of the upper floors of high-rise buildings in Novosibirsk felt the floor beneath their feet swinging and windows popping.The first thing that came to mind frightened people, because that is what their city suffered a earthquake.Novosibirsk has stirred up a wave of calls to both friends and acquaintances, and in a special civil defense, which deals with emergencies in the local town hall.However, a preliminary request to give seismologists discouraging answer: no tremors beneath the city, and indeed the regional instruments are not recorded.
Then occurred shocks began to blame the military: they say it, they dispose of old munitions at the site in Shilovo.The charges were too serious to ignore him, and by noon the official speaker of the Central District issued a statement that no projectile morning of August 14 was not blown up.However, the military acknowledged that disposed of the ammunition the other day, the 13th.However, the system "Destroyer F-40", by which eliminated shells, reduces the blast 25 times.Therefore, as underlined Service, only residents of the nearby villages from the landfill could hear muffled claps may rattling windows.But this could not possibly be trembling of the earth that rocks far Novosibirsk.
earthquake that day really was, but very far from Siberia.At seven in the morning sensors recorded the tremors everywhere on Sakhalin.The epicenter was at a depth of 500-600 kilometers in the Okhotsk Sea, 170 kilometers from the coast of the island.Seismologists even managed to classify the effect of a natural disaster on the Richter scale - seven points.No destruction of human lives and the threat of a tsunami, these shocks are not provoked.Those tremors that described the inhabitants of the largest city in Siberia, stacked about 2-3 points.So it was an earthquake in Novosibirsk, or is observed echoes of a natural disaster in the Sea of Okhotsk?
For a long time it was thought that the region of southern Siberia is not hazardous in terms of tremors.But with the installation of seismic stations near the town, scientists have revised their opinion.It turns out that between Novosibirsk and Berdsk often occurring small (1-2 points) tremors.Where thin, there and tear, as the proverb says.If there are small bumps, ever will happen and the major earthquake in Novosibirsk.
In the spirit of waiting End of the World, the inhabitants of the informal capital of Siberia began anxiously awaiting the onset of December 2012, especially the number 21.However, the "Day X" was not marred by any natural disasters.But from January 2013 Altai-Sayan Geophysical Survey regularly began to receive notice of impending tremors region.For example, an earthquake occurred in Novosibirsk, January 24.Its epicenter with a capacity of 5 points was in the Altai Mountains, the town of the same wave swept in the 2 points, which lasted a couple of seconds.Tenth in February there was a new surprise: a 1-2 score again, but this time the echoes of Khakassia, where the force of the cataclysm has exceeded six points.
The last time the city a little bit shocked February 26, 2013.On this day Seismological Service recorded another earthquake in Novosibirsk.Like all the past, it was reflected in the chandeliers swing and feeling that leaves the floor under my feet.The strongest tremors were recorded in 2003.Then repeater tower - the tallest building in the city - rocked a few minutes.
