On the morning of May 24, office workers working in a high-rise building on Gakkelevskaya St. Petersburg, felt the vibration. According to eyewitnesses, the building even began to swing. What it can be echoes of a powerful earthquake that occurred in Okhotsk the sea, according to the Russian Academy of Sciences, which received information of this kind not only from St. Petersburg, but also from others Russian cities. However, the Ministry of Emergencies has a different position regarding the North capital Cities. They claim that the Far Eastern tremors are neither at what. 
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Correspondent Yulia Oleschenko found out what shook city on the Neva. The vibrating skyscraper was empty in a matter of minutes. IN Some offices even forgot to close the windows during the evacuation. The first to feel unusual tremors on the upper floors. Thomas Pungas, an employee of the business center: “The boss jumped out, said:” You feel, shakes! “The last person from our office came into restroom. So he says that there were visible how the doors of the booths opened back and forth and creaked. “Those whose jobs were lower, hurried to run out after the neighbors. Arrived EMERCOM employees took the most sluggish to the place of emergency. Eyewitnesses claim that 1300 people miraculously escaped panic. Dmitry Parfentiev, an employee of the business center: “From the 20th floor, when we tried to go to the elevators, people ran in droves. We even there was no getting into the elevator. ”
Some of the evacuees went home, while others preferred observe what is happening from a safe distance. One state of emergency shortened working hours; others may have ruined their careers. Flock young professionals lamented about the failed interview. Olga Semenova, evacuated: “Our exam failed. We should have been working in the state since Monday. Maybe it’s a sign. ” A terrible sign or incident far from mysticism? By this The question today was asked not only by ordinary eyewitnesses. First an hour and a half versions of what happened were several. Even in people in shoulder straps. Sergey Lavrukhin, head of the 13th detachment of the Federal fire service: “Several versions. Starting with the fact that there is a direct metro line from the “Old Village” to “Commandant Avenue.” And ending with the fact that in the Sakhalin region an earthquake happened today, and some echoes may also be we have. “A more realistic, at first glance, the reason is passing Under the building, the metro line disappeared immediately. Metro worked and running smoothly. And in the five years since the construction of the tower I have never reacted to such a neighborhood. Astronomers have proposed look for the “guilty” not underground, but in the sky. The so-called Small a parade of planets could lead to a variety of disasters. Sergei Smirnov, spokesman for the Pulkovo Observatory: “All the last day there are reports of earthquakes, and with increasing magnitude of the event. In California in North America, on the islands of Tongo in Oceania, in the Gulf region and near Kamchatka in the Sea of Okhotsk. Moreover, the echoes were throughout the Far East, Siberia. Moreover, in Moscow. “Scientists from the department foundations at the University of Railways in the echo earthquakes do not believe. Claim that the most powerful underground tremors in our area 5 points were recorded in 1881. But even that historic Narva earthquake might not rock the reinforced concrete tower to such an extent. Solve a mystery mysterious vibrations are now facing geophysicists and geologists. And the fate of the building will be decided by the results of careful revisions and not only floor. Business center owner today declined to comment, possibly understanding: they will study project documentation. Experts say that the allowable angle the slope of such a reinforced concrete structure is 0, 004. Whether this figure is exceeded in this case, the examination will show. But in for the safety of employees and visitors to the business center the owner will have to install an online system in all rooms monitoring.
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