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.
