Russia's East Siberia was shocked by an earthquake on Wednesday, causing no damage or casualty, local media reported.
The quake, measuring from five to six points on the 12-point Mercalli intensity scale, occurred at 03:43 local time (2043 GMT Tuesday) in the Irkutsk region, near Lake Baikal, Itar-Tass said.
The epicenter was located under the Lake Baikal, local seismic station said.
Another 4.2-magnitude earthquake occurred in the seismically active Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia's far east, at 00:21 local time Wednesday (1121 GMT Tuesday), which also caused no casualty.
Source:Xinhua
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