  Magnitude 3.5 earthquake hits near Armenia–Georgia border April 1, 2025 - 18:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 1 at 13:56 local time (09:56 GMT), the Seismological Network of Armenia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs Seismic Protection Service recorded a magnitude 3.5 earthquake 13 km southeast of Bavra village, in the Armenia–Georgia border zone. The hypocenter was located at a depth of 10 km. The intensity of the tremor in the epicentral zone reached 4–5 on the MSK scale. The quake was felt in several settlements of Shirak Province, including the city of Gyumri, and the villages of Bavra, Saragyugh, Tavshut, Ghazanchi, Musayelyan, and Amasia with an intensity of 3. In Lori Province, in the town of Tashir, the intensity reached 2–3. The seismic tremor was recorded at geographic coordinates 41.10° N latitude and 43.96° E longitude.   Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
