Minor earthquakes shake buildings in southern city of Kouvola
The largest of ten quakes measured 2.0 in magnitude, according to the Institute of Seismology at Helsinki University.
The earthquake swarm occurred in the city of Kouvola in southeast Finland.
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A series of minor earthquakes hit the city of Kouvola in southern Finland early on Sunday morning, according to a press release from the Institute of Seismology at the University of Helsinki. The first earthquake occurred as early as 2:49 a.m. and the strongest earthquake in the morning, at 4:48 a.m., had a magnitude of 2.0 [on the Richter scale]. By seven in the morning, seismic stations had registered 10 earthquakes, the press release read.