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    SOVIET-ERA BUILDINGS RISKY

    18:19 16.07.2014

    Artak Barseghyan
    Public Radio of Armenia

    Armenia is situated in a seismically unstable region. The seismic
    risk indices updated after the devastating earthquake in Spitak show
    that the buildings of Soviet times do not meet the norms.

    According to Zaven Khlghatyan, the head of the Earthquake-Resistant
    Construction Center of the Armenian National Survey for Seismic
    Protection, 4 700 buildings in Yerevan are in a risky condition,
    and 40% could completely or partially collapse in case of a strong
    earthquake with the number of victims reaching 100 thousand or above.

    According to him, the scarcity of financial resources does not allow
    to raise the level of seismic resistance in a short period of time. He
    added, however, that the newly-constructed buildings correspond to
    the seismic norms.

    http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/07/16/soviet-era-buildings-risky/

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