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JAPAN EARTHQUAKE NOT TO DIRECTLY AFFECT ARMENIA, SEISMOLOGISTS SAY
PanARMENIAN.Net
March 15, 2011 - 13:55 AMT 09:55 GMT
Head of the National Service of Seismic Protection at the RA Ministry
of Emergency Situations Hrachya Poghosyan said that the massive
earthquake in Japan will not directly affect Armenia.
First, this is explained by the fact that the earthquake took place
far from Armenia, as well as by the fact that "we are located on
different tectonic plates."
As for light earth shocks in Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkey, Petrosyan
told journalists in Yerevan that they help in consuming the energy
accumulated in the Earth crust, what allows avoiding violent
earthquakes.
A massive earthquake, 9.0 on the Richter scale, unleashed a huge
tsunami which crashed through Japan's eastern coastline, on March 11.
According to the updated data, 5,900 people are considered to be
killed or missing.
The cooling system of nuclear reactors at Fukushima nuclear plant
has failed as a result of the earthquake. The failure has resulted in
explosions at the first and third energy units. A "state of emergency"
is declared at the neighboring Fukushima-2 nuclear plant, where the
cooling system has also failed. People have been evacuated within a
20-km zone.
On March 14, Japan asked IAEA to send a group of specialists to assist
in overcoming the situation at the nuclear plants.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
March 15, 2011 - 13:55 AMT 09:55 GMT
Head of the National Service of Seismic Protection at the RA Ministry
of Emergency Situations Hrachya Poghosyan said that the massive
earthquake in Japan will not directly affect Armenia.
First, this is explained by the fact that the earthquake took place
far from Armenia, as well as by the fact that "we are located on
different tectonic plates."
As for light earth shocks in Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkey, Petrosyan
told journalists in Yerevan that they help in consuming the energy
accumulated in the Earth crust, what allows avoiding violent
earthquakes.
A massive earthquake, 9.0 on the Richter scale, unleashed a huge
tsunami which crashed through Japan's eastern coastline, on March 11.
According to the updated data, 5,900 people are considered to be
killed or missing.
The cooling system of nuclear reactors at Fukushima nuclear plant
has failed as a result of the earthquake. The failure has resulted in
explosions at the first and third energy units. A "state of emergency"
is declared at the neighboring Fukushima-2 nuclear plant, where the
cooling system has also failed. People have been evacuated within a
20-km zone.
On March 14, Japan asked IAEA to send a group of specialists to assist
in overcoming the situation at the nuclear plants.
From: A. Papazian