7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Nation of Georgia....Not Reported in West

Seven-point earthquake hits Georgia

TBILISI, February 6 (Itar-Tass) - An up to 7-points earthquake shook Georgia early on Monday morning, Itar-Tass was told at the Georgian National Seismology Centre.

The epicentre of the quake, exceeding 5 points on the Richter scale, occurred on the administrative border between the Ambrolauri and Oni districts in northwest of the country, seismologists report.

According to Otari Siradze, the governor of Racha-Lechkhumi Territory, which includes the Ambrolauri and Oni districts, the earthquake has caused no human casualties or damages.

The tremors were also felt in Tbilisi, Kutaisi and several other towns and districts of Georgia.

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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7 hit a mountainous region of western Georgia Monday morning.

The quake struck at 8:08 in the morning and its epicenter was in mountains dividing the regions of Racha and Imereti, about 150 kilometers (93 miles) from the capital.

No serious injuries or deaths have been reported but tremors were felt throughout a wide swath of the country, as far east as Tbilisi and as far west as Kutaisi and Samtredia.
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