“The magnitude of the explosions was measured respectively at 2.3 and 2.1 on the Richter scale,” the two Nordic countries said.
The four leaks in the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea are due to undersea explosions corresponding to in “hundreds of kilograms” of TNT, official said today exhibition compiled by Sweden and Denmark and submitted to the United Nations.
“The magnitude of the explosions was measured respectively at 2.3 and 2.1 on the Richter scale, which is probably equivalent to hundreds of kilograms of explosives,” the two Nordic countries said in a statement to the UN Security Council.
The Security Council is meeting on the case today at Russia’s request.
“All available information indicates that these explosions are the result of a deliberate act,” Sweden and Denmark underlined in their letter to the UN secretary-general, without indicating a possible person responsible.
The source and perpetrator of the blasts remain a mystery, with Washington and Moscow denying responsibility.
The leaks were spotted in international waters east of the Danish island of Bornholm on Monday. Two are in Sweden’s Exclusive Economic Zones and the other two in Denmark’s. Navigation and overflights are prohibited in them.
According to the Danish-Swedish report, the two leaks in the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline are expected to stop on Sunday. When the leaks in Nord Stream 2 will stop remains uncertain.
Nord Stream AG, the operator of the Russian natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 1, announced last night that it intends to “start assessing the damage to the pipeline as soon as it receives the necessary, official permits”, i.e. “when the pressure on the pipeline stabilizes and stops the gas leak”.
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