NATIONAL SEISMIC DEFENSE SERVICE DENIES THE NEWS ABOUT EXPECTING QUAKES

ARMENPRESS
June 18, 2009

YEREVAN, JUNE 18, ARMENPRESS: The National Seismic Defense Service
of the Armenian Emergency Situations Ministry denies the news that
other quakes are expected in Armenia at 15:30.

Responsible for the media affairs of the Service Hamlet Bisharian
told Armenpress that they are baseless rumors and there is no reason
to go into panic.

The Seismic service gets numerous phone calls from the residents who
mention that they have been informed about the quakes on the TV and
in numerous establishments of the capital the workers were asked to
go out. H. Bisharian noted that no TV or other official institution
made such a statement. The Seismic service officially states that
there are no grounds for panic.

At 12:34 a 4-5 magnitude earthquake took place in Armenia the epicenter
of which was 22 km far from the Garni village.