An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred in Mongolia.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred in the western part of Mongolia. This was announced on April 27 in the Altai-Sayan branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

"Prompt notification of a seismic event. <... Magnitude: 6.8. Intensity at the epicenter: 9.1 (on the MSK-64 scale)," the publication says on the service's website.

It is noted that the tremors were recorded at 07:23 Moscow time. The epicenter of the earthquake was located 556 km southwest of Kyzyl (Republic of Tuva).

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