SERZH SARGSYAN EXTENDED CONDOLENCES TO HIS HAITIAN COUNTERPART
PanARMENIAN.Net
15.01.2010 15:50 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ President Serzh Sargsyan has extended condolences
to his Haitian counterpart Rene Garcia Preval in connection with the
recent earthquake, Armenian leader’s press service reported.
"Armenia is ready to assist the survivors of Haiti earthquake which
caused great losses, leaving lots of people dead," RA President says
in his address.
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0
Mw earthquake centred approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) from
Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, which struck at 16:53:09 local
time (21:53:09 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. The earthquake
centred approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Port-au-Prince, the
capital of Haiti. The disaster occurred at a depth of 13 kilometres
(8.1 mi). The first shake was followed by a series of aftershocks,
fourteen of them between magnitudes 5.0 and 5.9. The exact number of
victims is not specified.