On Saturday, February 11, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter scale was recorded in the village of Vakijvari in western Georgia.. It is reported by the First Channel of Georgia.

The tremors were recorded around half past seven in the evening local time. As noted in the National Center for Seismic Monitoring, their center was at a depth of 4.96 kilometers.

The epicenter of the shocks was in the village of Vakijvari near the city of Ozurgeti, located 43 km from the border with Turkey..

So far, there is no information about casualties or damage.. According to local residents, tremors were very felt in high-rise buildings..

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Recall, on February 6, an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale struck eastern Turkey.. As of now, more than 25,000 people have died as a result of tremors under the rubble of destroyed houses in Turkey and Syria, and UN Deputy Secretary General Martin Griffiths believes that this figure will double. Scientists predicted a number of earthquakes in the region and recorded aftershocks.