ArmInfo.An earthquake occurred on the territory of Armenia. As the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia told ArmInfo, seismic networks of the territorial seismic protection service of the Ministry recorded underground earth shocks on September 17 at around 10:18am local time, three kilometers to the northwest of Dastakert (coordinates 39.390 degrees north and 45.990 degrees eastern longitude).
"The seismic focus was at a depth of 10 km, the magnitude of the earthquake was 1.9. The earthquake in the epicenter amounted to 2-3 intensity, an earthquake of 2-3 intensity was recorded in the territory of Dastakert city of Syunik region of the RA," the RA Ministry of Emergency reported.