STRONG EARTHQUAKES NOT EXPECTED THIS YEAR IN ARMENIA
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
14.08.2009 16:30 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Press conference of the National seismic protection
service of Armenia was organized today in Yerevan. The event was
attended by Alvaro Antonyan , director of the National seismic
protection service, professor Vladimir Kosobokov, a leading researcher
of the International Institute for Earthquake Prediction Theory and
Mathematical Geophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
According to Alvaro Antonyan, within the coming year in Armenia should
not afraid of strong earthquakes. No earthquakes have been registered
for the entire 2009 in the country yet, except aftershocks in Garni
neighborhood. The latter caused severe panic among villagers and
Yerevan residents.