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    HRACHIA PETROSYAN: IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DEFINE EXACT TIME AND LOCATION OF EARTHQUAKE

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/
    19.06.2009 15:42 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Since yesterday Armenia's the seismic stations
    have registered 11 aftershocks, the last one was registered today at
    8:44 a.m. with 0.8 magnitude which accounts for Richter magnitude
    1 earthquake. This means that aftershocks are weakening since the
    seismic energy is gradually fading. Ther is no need for panic,"
    deputy head of the Armenian National Service for Seismic Protection
    (NSSP) Hrachya Petrosyan told a news conference today.

    "Yesterday people in the city were rumoring that a new earthquake
    was expected first in Yerevan, then in the neigbouhood of Abovian,
    or near Aramas village. Yerevan is not a seismic zone," he said. The
    NSSP informs that such information is groundless. The current seismic
    situation in the republic is under the NSSP control, there are no
    grounds for panic.

    "Making predictions is very hard. Scholars of the world are working
    in that direction, and so do the Armenian scientists. There is no
    need to worry at this point. However, tt's impossible to predict the
    concrete time and place of earthquake," Hrachya Petrosyan said.

    "It's very easy to scare a frightened person. We have witnessed the
    earthquake in Spitak. We have seen victims and all this remains in
    our memory," adviser to the head of the Rescue Service of Armenia
    Nikolay Grigoryan said.

    On June 18, at 12:34 local time, the seismic network of the Armenian
    National Service for Seismic Protection registered a 3.25 magnitude
    earthquake, which accounts for Richter magnitude 5 earthquake. The
    epicenter was 10 km to the north of Garni village. The intensity of
    the earthquake reached 3-4 at the epicenter. The quake was felt in
    Yerevan and nearby settlements.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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