YEREVAN. – The National Seismic Protection Service of Armenia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations recorded, on March 2 at 9:32pm, a 4-magnitude earthquake, whose epicenter was located 34 kilometers west of Ahar city, in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The tremor measured magnitude 5-6 at the epicenter area, and its hypocenter was ten kilometers beneath the surface. 

The seismic activity was felt in Armenia, too, specifically, in Kapan, Meghri, and Kajaran cities—in the Syunik Region—where it measured magnitude 2-3.