On December 14, at 19:31 p.m. Armenia time, the Seismological Network of the Territorial Seismic Protection Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia recorded a 3.4-magnitude earthquake 2 kilometers northeast from Shorzha village, with a 10 km depth of the hotbed, with a 40.51o northern latitude and 45.29o eastern longitude, the press release of the Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations reads.

The force of the underground shock in the epicenter was 4-5 points.

The earthquake was felt in the Gegharkunik, Kotayk and Tavush Provinces — Shorzha, Artanish, Drakhtik, Haghartsin and Gandzakar villages (with 3-4-point magnitude), Ijevan, Tchambarak, Hrazdan and Gavar cities (with 3-point magnitude) and Sevan and Abovyan cities (with a 2-3-point magnitude).