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CONCERN FOR CHURCHES: SEISMOLOGISTS WORRY OVER EARTHQUAKE ZONE HOUSES OF WORSHIP
By Gayane Lazarian
ArmeniaNow
02.11.11 | 16:00
Specialists in monuments and seismic protection worry that because of
the October 23 earthquake in Van, Turkey, Armenian historical-cultural
monuments were also damaged and suggest sending a group of specialists
to Van.
Sergey Nazaretyan, Head of Northern Department of Seismic Protection
National Service, says that churches can stand only in case of a
5-6-magnitude earthquake. The one in Van was 7.2.
Monuments expert in Armenia Samvel Karapetyan named six churches in
the area which he said are likely to have sustained damage.
Karapetyan also took the opportunity to criticize Turkish authorities,
saying that their police of neglect or of destroying Armenian
churches to be replaced by state buildings has done more damage than
any earthquakes.
By Gayane Lazarian
ArmeniaNow
02.11.11 | 16:00
Specialists in monuments and seismic protection worry that because of
the October 23 earthquake in Van, Turkey, Armenian historical-cultural
monuments were also damaged and suggest sending a group of specialists
to Van.
Sergey Nazaretyan, Head of Northern Department of Seismic Protection
National Service, says that churches can stand only in case of a
5-6-magnitude earthquake. The one in Van was 7.2.
Monuments expert in Armenia Samvel Karapetyan named six churches in
the area which he said are likely to have sustained damage.
Karapetyan also took the opportunity to criticize Turkish authorities,
saying that their police of neglect or of destroying Armenian
churches to be replaced by state buildings has done more damage than
any earthquakes.