Minor earthquake detected in Armenia

11:11, 5 May, 2021

YEREVAN, MAY 5, ARMENPRESS. A magnitude 2,3 earthquake occurred 14 km north-west from the village of Yelpin in the Vayots Dzor Province at 09:56 on May 5, the Seismic Protection Regional Service Seismological Network said.

The quake was recorded at 10km depth.

The earthquake measured MSK 3 at the epicenter and was felt at an intensity of MSK 2-3 in the villages of Zangakatun, Tigranashen and Paruyr Sevak of the Ararat Province.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

 


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