MOSCOW, May 2 (RIA Novosti) - A series of earthquakes continued to rock the northern part of the Kamchatka peninsula with another earthquake of 4.4 magnitude on Richter scale registered Tuesday, emergency situations ministry said.
The ministry said the earthquakes in sparsely populated Koryak area, which is nine time zones from Moscow, damaged about 380 houses and 25 administrative facilities in the three villages with a population of over 4,000 people that have been hit the hardest.
"In all, 1,062 people, including 542 children, have been evacuated from the emergency zone," the ministry said.
The series of earthquakes began April 24 with a 7.8-magnitude quake, the strongest since 1900, which damaged several buildings and facilities in the town of Tilichiki, including a school, a kindergarten, and an airport runway. It also cut power and water supplies in several villages.
Another quake, with a magnitude of 6.2, hit the same area hours later on that day and minor tremors were also subsequently reported.
President Vladimir Putin ordered the Emergency Situations Ministry to do everything necessary to eliminate the effects of the earthquakes.
The ministry has already delivered to the region about 190 metric tons of aid, including food and heaters.
