An earthquake measured on a Richter scale of 2.0 hit the city of Kuusamo in northern Ostrobothnia on Sunday evening at about 6 p.m.
Toni VeikkolainenA seismologist at the Institute of Seismology at the University of Helsinki told Yle that the epicenter of the quake was located about 11 kilometers west of the city.
The institute received several reports of shaking of buildings and noise of windows, Veikkolainen added.
A resident of Kuusamo Jokke Kämäräinen was at home near the shores of Lake Kuusamo, a few kilometers from the center when the earthquake came.
"It felt very strong. I stumbled against the outside wall at the same time as the quake began and immediately wondered why the house was shaking and the windows were moving so much" Kämäräinen said, adding that the seismic action lasted just over ten seconds.
The Kuusamo area is one of the most seismically active areas in Finland, extending to the Russian side as far as the city of Kandalaksha (Kantalahti In the Murmansk region.
The earthquakes in the area are united by the fact that they occur deep underground.
Another city resident, Katariina Nissi, told Yle that he first thought the vibration of the walls of his home was due to an airplane flying very low over his house.
"There have been such feelings here in Kuusamo before, in the early 2000s, but never before has there been such a loud commotion," Nissi said, adding that this time the quake felt so great that she was worried about the effects of the vibration.
"I told my husband that this can be scary if there are more of them. However, there was no tremor," he said.
According to the Institute of Seismology, there are about a hundred earthquakes in Finland every year, all of which typically register a magnitude of less than 3 on the Richter scale.
Source: The Nordic Page