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Earthquake in Armenia felt in Gegharkunik Province with 6-7 magnitude

News.am, Armenia
Feb 5 2021

Today at 7:36 p.m. local time (3:36 p.m. Greenwich time) the Seismological Network of the Territorial Seismic Protection Service at the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia recorded an earthquake with the geographical coordinates of 40.53o northern latitude and 45.32o eastern longitude (in Armenia, 5 km northeast from Shorzha village), 10 km deep from the center and with a 4.7 magnitude, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia reported.

The force of the underground shock in the epicenter zone was 6-7 points.

The earthquake was felt with a 5-6 point magnitude in Gegharkunik Province, with a 4-6 point magnitude in several settlements of the Kotayk, Tavush, Lori and Ararat Provinces and with a 3-4 point magnitude in the city of Yerevan.

As of 8:10 p.m. no alarms about destruction, victims and injured in the territory of Armenia were recorded.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS