SEISMIC DEVICE TO BE RE-LAUNCHED IN ARMENIA AFTER 20 YEARS OF STANDSTILL

PanARMENIAN.Net
February 16, 2012 – 13:00 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia
is going to re-operate a seismic activity detecting device in Garni
observatory, which has been out of use for over 20 years to register
shifts of the earth crust, Minister of Emergency Situations Armen
Yeritsyan said.

The device has been out of use for over 20 years, and the recent
earthquakes in the republic’s territory makes its launch necessary
now, Yeritsyan said in the press center of the Armenian government on
February 16. “During Spitak earthquake in 1988 the device registered
the change of the earth crust but specialists thought it was out of
order because it was little used at the time,” the Minister said.

Garni observatory is located at a depth of 60 meters, and the device
is put at a depth of 360 meters underground, Armen Yeritsyan said.

Speaking at the government session, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan
gave instructions on establishing a working group with involvement of
experts from the National Academy of Sciences to implement the launch.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress