Armenian churches to stand still in case of 8 magnitude earthquake

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 2, ARMENPRESS:

The majority of the monuments of Armenia are in a breakaway state, head of the monument restoration department of the Ministry of Culture Lorvard Arushanyan said at the meeting today.

"If a structure lacks its part, its seismic stability sharply reduces. In case making a structure complete the seismic stability will too be restored. But the priority must be given to the correct restoration of monument," he said.

Monument scientist Samvel Karapetyan informed that according to the 2009 studies 26 monuments were selected as the most endangered ones.

Head of the northern department of the National Seismic Protection Service Sergey Nazaretyan noted that the churches built in 7-11th centuries are seismically more stable than the ones built after it.