August 14, 2009 - 17:30 AMT
Strong earthquakes not expected this year in Armenia
Press conference of the National seismic protection service of Armenia was organized today in Yerevan. The event was attended by Alvaro Antonyan , director of the National seismic protection service, professor Vladimir Kosobokov, a leading researcher of the International Institute for Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

According to Alvaro Antonyan, within the coming year in Armenia should not afraid of strong earthquakes. No earthquakes have been registered for the entire 2009 in the country yet, except aftershocks in Garni neighborhood. The latter caused severe panic among villagers and Yerevan residents.