FACTBOX: What we know about earthquake near Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi

MOSCOW, March 3. /TASS/. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre recorded a magnitude 4.4 earthquake in the Russian section of the Caucasus Region, placing its epicenter 21 km offshore from southwest of the Black Sea resort city of Sochi.

Authorities later reported a second earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7.

TASS has compiled the currently available information.

- The epicenter of the tremors was located 21 km offshore from the city of Sochi, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre reported.

- The hypocenter was located at a depth of 35 km, with a magnitude of 4.4.