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Earthquake occurs in Yerevan; Casualties caused from Defense Ministry Ural accident: Past few days recapped

Earthquake occurs in Yerevan; Casualties caused from Defense Ministry Ural accident: Past few days recapped

At 5:10 p.m. on April 13, an earthquake measuring 1.9 on the Richter scale, occurred eight kilometers northeast of Yerevan, at a depth of 10 kilometers. In the epicenter, the earthquake registered a magnitude of 2–3. The tremors were felt in Yerevan and Garni and Dzoraghbyur villages.

Two vehicles of the Armenian Ministry of Defense met with an accident. The Ural vehicle carrying the soldiers of one of the military units of Syunik Province overturned under yet unidentified circumstances. As a result, four servicemen died, and another 20, with various bodily injuries, were taken to different medical centers of Armenia. In Gegharkunik, a Kamaz truck had an accident; two servicemen incurred minor bodily injuries. Their lives are not at stake. The events of the past few days in the video: