Earthquake hits eastern Ukraine, no casualties reported

An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 hit the south of east Ukrainian Donetsk region about 11:15 on Sunday morning, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).

The EMSC reports that the epicenter of the earthquake was at a depth of 10 km and 78 km south of Donetsk in Mariupol district, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to Interfax-Ukraine.

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported no injuries.

“There were earthquake shocks recorded in Mariupol city about 11 hours 17 minutes According to the main center of the special control of the State Space Agency of Ukraine, an earthquake of magnitude 4.9 was recorded in Mariupol. There were no casualties reported,” – the State Emergency Service reported.

Mariupol resident wrote on social networks that two pushes were clearly felt in all areas of the city. There was no information of any destruction there, but later it was reported that some houses had cracks.

The quakes were also felt in Donetsk, Mar’inka, Volnovakha, Zaporizhia, Berdyansk, Melitopol, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih and Kropivnytskogo.

A similar message came from the nearby Russian cities of Rostov-on-Don and Taganrog.