Russian island hit by Earthquake

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Great Earthquakes In Diverse Places

Russian island hit by Earthquake*

>From correspondents in Moscow

August 18, 2006 09:09am
Article from: Agence France-Presse

A STRONG earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale shook the Russian
island of Sakhalin north of Japan early today, the local seismological
centre reported.

The first reports did not mention victims or damage, Itar-Tass news
agency said.

The epicentre of the quake was located 20km south-west of Sakhalin, an
island that is in a zone of strong seismic activity.

In 1995 a quake measuring 7.6 wiped out the village of Neftegorsk in the
north of Sakhalin, killing more than 2000 people.