YEREVAN. – The tremor which occurred on Friday afternoon near Armenia’s Garni village caused serious panic among residents of capital Yerevan’s northern regions. Classes were suspended in schools, and the schoolchildren were evacuated from buildings and told not to enter school areas, with concerns of new shocks.  

Several enterprise employees were likewise evacuated because of the tremors.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am. reported earlier, a 3.5-magnitude earthquake was registered, on Friday at 12:30 p.m., 10 km west of Armenia’s Garni village. 

The tremor’s epicenter was 7 km beneath the ground, and it measured 5 at the epicenter area, Ministry of Emergency Situations Press Service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The quake’s magnitude was 3-4 in capital Yerevan and Abovyan city.

Two aftershocks were registered at 12:31 p.m. and 12:32 p.m., with magnitudes of 2.0 and 3.0 respectively.