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Earthquake occurs in Armenia-Azerbaijan border zone

Earthquake occurs in Armenia-Azerbaijan border zone

At 8:40 p.m. (4:40 p.m. GMT) on May 7, an earthquake, measuring 2.0 on the Richter scale, occurred on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border zone, 19 kilometers north of the village of Shoghakat, the RA MIA Seismic Protection Territorial Survey says. 

The earthquake happened at a depth of 10 kilometers at latitude 40.67⁰ north and at longitude 45.31⁰ east. 

In the epicenter, the earthquake registered a magnitude of 2–3.

The tremors were felt in the town of Chambarak, in Ttujur, Aygut and Drakhtik villages of Gegharkunik Province, with a magnitude of 2–3.