Several microdistricts of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky were cut off from electricity due to a strong earthquake
Some areas of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky were cut off from electricity due to a strong earthquake that was recorded on the peninsula on Monday. This is reported in the Kamchatskenergo press service.
As reported, after strong shaking at Mutnovskaya GeoPP-1, turbogenerator No. 2 was turned off, causing a power shortage of 12 MW.
Additionally, Kamchatskenergo noticed that they were using additional equipment to eliminate power shortages. Light in disconnected microdistricts reappeared after 23 minutes, the company added.
The day before, an earthquake of magnitude 5.7 was announced in the Kamchatka branch of the geophysical service of the Russian Academy of Sciences, however, the intensity of the shock in the city, according to scientists, reached 6 points .
