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    ArmenPress
    March 22 2004

    MORE SIGNS OF INCREASED SEISMIC ACTIVITY IN ARMENIA

    GYUMRI, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS: The northern branch of the National
    Survey for Seismic Protection (NSSP), situated in the town of Gyumri,
    said there are indications of increased seismic activity in Armenia's
    northern regions.
    Since the start of 2004 it has registered around 200 tremors
    against last year's 30 minor tremors. Slight tremors are still being
    registered following a January 16 earthquake ranging from 3-4 on the
    Richter Scale in the Armenian marzes of Lori, Shirak and Tavush.
    These tremors though being of small size, are registered several
    times a day. The epicenter is north-west of Spitak, the scene of a
    destructive earthquake in 1988 that razed to ground the north of
    Armenia killing at least 25,000 people. Another hub of the increased
    seismic activity is near the resort town of Jermuk, some 150 km south
    of Yerevan. however, experts claim these tremors are only of
    discharging nature posing no threat.
    In the wake of a powerful earthquake that hit the Iranian city of
    Bam killing thousands of people the chairman of the Armenian
    Association of Seismologists and Earth Physics, Sergey Balasanian,
    warned that the earthquake in Iran would cause a high seismic
    activity in the next 12 months in the whole region including Armenia.
    "There is a clear indication of a new wave of seismic activity
    traveling across the region," Sergey Balasanian announced, however
    his warnings were turned down by NSSP specialists, who cautioned that
    such announcements have to be done very careful not to spread a panic
    among the population.
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