posted on Sep, 22 2004 @ 09:27 PM
Warsaw Business Journal Online: Northern Poland hit by mysterious record-breaking earthquake
"The Northern East of Poland experienced an earthquake yesterday.
The quake exceeded 5 on the 10 point Richter scale, which makes it the
strongest ever recorded in the region. The epicenter was in the Russian
Kaliningrad region. Two shock waves were not powerful enough to cause any serious damage, but it was enough to cause some walls in Suwa�ki to crack.
Scientists are at a loss to explain possible reasons for the earthquake as the region is not considered to be seismic. They have not exclude the idea
that it
might have been caused by a huge explosion somewhere along the Russian Baltic coast.
"There are no natural reasons for such a
powerful earthquake to happen in this place," stated professor Marek Grad from Warsaw University. The Russians, however, assured that the shakes
were caused by natural reasons"
USGS: Magnitude 5.0 RUSSIA-POLAND BORDER REGION
Tuesday, September 21, 2004 at 13:32:30 UTC
Remarks: Slight damage to utilities at Kaliningrad, Russia. Felt at Harju, Estonia; Riga, Latvia; and Kaliningrad, Russia