Poland quaked after explosions in Belarus? :: Charter'97 :: News

There were no explosions on the territory of Belarus that could provoke an earthquake. It would have been impossible to conceal such an event. Such was the commentary of the Belarusian Ministry of Emergency on the information edited by several Mass Media, according to which an explosion in Belarus was one of the most probable reasons for the earthquake (three points of Richter scale) that had taken place at night, January 24, in the north-east of Poland.

As the Russian Agency of national news (ANN) reported from Warsaw, the earthquake, which was not noticed by the locals, became known only January 26. The Agency cites a Polish Institute for geophysics employer Paviel Wiejaz: “the epicenter of the earthquake was located close to the Polish-Belarusian frontier, to the south of the Polish town of Suwalki, or directly in Belarus”. P.Wiejaz assumes, the underground tremor was stipulated by some unknown strong explosion on the territory of the neighbouring state.

“One more reason for the earthquake might have been harsh frosts that have frozen Europe. As the scientist insists, his Scandinavian colleagues face the same problem - there granite cliffs crack with cold. Nevertheless, the underground tremor there are not stronger than 2.5 points of Richter scale”, - the ANN reports.