QUAKE RATTLES NEARBY ARMENIA’S ARMAVIR
NEWS.AM
March 11, 2013 | 16:39
YEREVAN. – The National Seismic Protection Service of Armenia’s
Ministry of Emergency Situations recorded, on Monday at 3:11pm, a
2.5-magnitude earthquake, whose epicenter was located 15 kilometers
north of Armavir city in the country’s Armavir Region.
The tremor measured magnitude 3 at the epicenter area, and its
hypocenter was ten kilometers beneath the surface.
The seismic activity was also felt in the aforesaid region’s Metsamor
city, where it measured magnitude 2-3.
From: A. Papazian
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