HRACHIA PETROSYAN: IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DEFINE EXACT TIME AND LOCATION OF EARTHQUAKE

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
19.06.2009 15:42 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Since yesterday Armenia’s the seismic stations
have registered 11 aftershocks, the last one was registered today at
8:44 a.m. with 0.8 magnitude which accounts for Richter magnitude
1 earthquake. This means that aftershocks are weakening since the
seismic energy is gradually fading. Ther is no need for panic,"
deputy head of the Armenian National Service for Seismic Protection
(NSSP) Hrachya Petrosyan told a news conference today.

"Yesterday people in the city were rumoring that a new earthquake
was expected first in Yerevan, then in the neigbouhood of Abovian,
or near Aramas village. Yerevan is not a seismic zone," he said. The
NSSP informs that such information is groundless. The current seismic
situation in the republic is under the NSSP control, there are no
grounds for panic.

"Making predictions is very hard. Scholars of the world are working
in that direction, and so do the Armenian scientists. There is no
need to worry at this point. However, tt’s impossible to predict the
concrete time and place of earthquake," Hrachya Petrosyan said.

"It’s very easy to scare a frightened person. We have witnessed the
earthquake in Spitak. We have seen victims and all this remains in
our memory," adviser to the head of the Rescue Service of Armenia
Nikolay Grigoryan said.

On June 18, at 12:34 local time, the seismic network of the Armenian
National Service for Seismic Protection registered a 3.25 magnitude
earthquake, which accounts for Richter magnitude 5 earthquake. The
epicenter was 10 km to the north of Garni village. The intensity of
the earthquake reached 3-4 at the epicenter. The quake was felt in
Yerevan and nearby settlements.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress