Azerbaijan earthquake felt in ArtsakhFebruary 6, 2019 - 11:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Azerbaijan, with people in some towns in Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) feeling the tremors across the border on Tuesday, February 5 evening. The quake hit in the Caucasus Mountains close to the city of Shamakhi in Azerbaijan’s Ismayilli region. It struck at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers. Authorities in Azerbaijan also recorded a magnitude 4.0 earthquake earlier in the day close to the border with Iran. According to local media publications, some 4,000 earthquakes struck the country in 2018. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |