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Earthquake hits Russia

Tuesday 23 February 1999 00:02 GMT
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Earthquake hits Russia

AN EARTHQUAKE registering 5.5 on the measurement scale struck southern Russia, killing one person and injuring 20 others. The tremor hit on Sunday night, with the epicenter about 40 miles west of Makhachkala, a city on the western coast of the Caspian Sea.

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