#QUAKES
A total of €7 billion pledged by international community at Donors Conference for Turkey and Syria
A total of €7 billion were pledged by the international community at the International Donors' Conference ‘Together for the people in Turkey and Syria', co-hosted on 20 March by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and by the Prime Minister of Sweden, Ulf Kristersson, for the Swedish Presidency of the Council, the European Commission reported.Earthquakes in Syria and Turkey kill 11 ethnic Armenians
Eleven ethnic Armenians, citizens of Turkey and Syria, have been killed in earthquakes that hit parts of both countries on February 6, Hovhannes Aleksanyan, , head of a department at the Office of Diaspora Commissioner, said at a press conference on Monday in Yerevan.Likelihood of quakes in Armenia low - seismologist
rmenia is quite far away from the epicenter of the earthquakes that hit southeast regions of Turkey and northern Syria today early morning killing hundreds of people, therefore it cannot affect seismic situation in Armenia, Sergey Nazaretyan, a chief expert at Territorial Seismic Protection Service, told Armenpress news agency.Armenian foreign ministry sets up hotline for Armenian citizens affected by quakes in Turkey and Syria
Armenian Foreign Ministry has set up a hotline number for those of Armenian citizens who need assistance after two powerful earthquakes hit today morning Syria and Turkey killing hundreds of people.Three quakes hit Armenia within one day
YEREVAN, February 16. /ARKA/. The Ministry of Emergency Situations said on February 15 at 23:31 local time the Seismic Protection Service recorded an earthquake (aftershock) of magnitude 2.0 some 4 kilometers north-east of the village of Shorzha in the Gegharkunik region. It was the third tremor recorded on in one day in the country. The hearth was located at a depth of 10 km, the shock strength at the epicenter was 2-3 points.
The earthquake (aftershock) was felt in the villages of Shoghakat and Chambarak with 2-3 point force.
Earlier on Monday, at 22:27 local time, an earthquake (aftershock) of magnitude 3.3 was recorded 5 kilometers north-east of the village of Shorzha in the Gegharkunik region.
The hearth was located at a depth of 10 km. The push force at the epicenter was 4-5 points. The earthquake (aftershock) was felt in the Tsovagukh community and the city of Gavar with a force of 3 points, in the cities of Sevan, Abovyan, Dilijan and Ijevan - with a force of 2-3 points.
An earthquake (aftershock) of 2.3 magnitude was recorded on February 15 at 18:21 local time, 17 kilometers south of capital Yerevan.
According to the Seismic Protection Service, the hearth of the quake was located at a depth of 10 km. The thrust force at the epicenter was 3 points. The earthquake (aftershock) was felt in Yerevan with a strength of 2-3 points.
That quake (aftershock) came after a major 4.7 magnitude quake that struck Yerevan and surrounding areas on Saturday, making many residents to rush out of their homes. The earthquake's epicenter was 8 kilometers southeast of Armenia’s capital .
According to the Armenian Ministry of Health, three people sustained minor injuries “as a consequence of panic caused by the earthquake” on Saturday
A previous quake of 4.7 earthquake struck near the Shorzha settlement on the sore of Lake Sevan on February 5. It neither resulted in casualties.-0-
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