I am at the northern regional center of the Seismic Protection Territorial Service SNCO of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia. This is what Governor of Shirak Province Tigran Petrosyan wrote on his Facebook page.

“Starting from the first shock until 9:30 p.m., there have been nearly 30 aftershocks, the dynamics of which and other types of seismic measurements show that the shocks are declining.

Based on the results of our consultation held at the regional governor’s office, the earthquake didn’t cause damages in Shirak Province.

This serves as another strong signal for all of us to be alert and prepared.

Good night,” he wrote.

Today, at 20:22 local time (16:22 Greenwich time), the Seismological Network of the Seismic Protection Territorial Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia recorded an earthquake with a 4.8 magnitude, 10 km depth of the hearth, with 41.080 northern latitude and 43.940 eastern longitude (Armenia-Georgia border zone — 13 km northeast from Bavra village), as reported the news service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

The underground magnitude was 6-7 points in the epicenter.

According to preliminary data, the earthquake was felt in the Shirak, Lori, Tavush, Aragatsotn and Armavir Provinces of Armenia and the city of Yerevan.