{"id":25318,"date":"2025-03-19T19:34:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T15:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ampop.am\/?p=25318"},"modified":"2025-03-24T20:12:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T16:12:48","slug":"earthquake-in-armenia-and-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ampop.am\/en\/earthquake-in-armenia-and-around\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Armenia Ready to Withstand Strong Earthquakes?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The earthquakes recorded in Armenia in March reignited discussions on the topic. In the morning of March 8, an earthquake occurred 6 km from the town of Spitak, with a magnitude of 6-7 at the epicenter. The tremors were felt in the Lori, Shirak, and Tavush regions with an intensity of 4-6.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Armenia’s Territorial Seismic Protection Service at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 45 aftershocks were recorded following the initial quake, the strongest of which had a magnitude of 3.2 and was located 9 km from Spitak.<\/span><\/p>\n

A few days later, on March 12, tremors were also recorded 13 km from Yerevan, with a magnitude of 2.7.<\/span><\/p>\n

The earthquakes this month have once again raised the issue of seismic resilience in Armenia and around, prompting a closer look at the country\u2019s preparedness for strong shocks. The available data is not reassuring.<\/span><\/p>\n

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By Angelina Asatryan<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Angelina Asatryan is a fellow in ForSet\u2019s data communication internship program, based in Tbilisi.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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The earthquakes recorded in Armenia in March reignited discussions on the topic. In the morning of March 8, an earthquake occurred 6 km from the town of Spitak, with a magnitude of 6-7 at the epicenter. The tremors were felt in the Lori, Shirak, and Tavush regions with an intensity of 4-6. According to Armenia’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25323,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[570,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ecology","category-economy"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t