Aysor, Armenia
Sept 12 2009

No danger of earthquake in Armenia

In the last few days earthquakes have been recorded in Georgia and
Turkey. On September 8 in the northern area of Armenia 3-4 magnitude
quakes have been recorded, the epicenter of which has been in
Georgia. The shakings have been recorded in Gyumri, Vanadzor,
Noyemberyan, and in Ayrum, on the Armenian ` Georgian boarder. The
inhabitants of Ayrum around 3:38 have felt shakes on September 8.

`The seismic situation of Armenia is normal. The seismic regime is
being checked all the time, the stations work all day long. There is
no direct danger for us’, – Hrachya Petrosyan the deputy of the head
of the Armenian National Seismic Defense Service (ANSDS) said.

H. Petrosyan mentioned that in the northern part of Armenia the
observatories have recorded anomalies. That is to say before the
Georgian earthquake occurred the northern observatory of Armenia had
already informed about the earthquake.

`The earthquakes that are of 5-6 magnitude can be felt. They have
symptoms. But there are also some difficulties too, otherwise the
problem of prevision of the earthquakes as a scientific issues would
be solved long before’, – said H. Petrosyan.