At 11:54 a.m. local time on August 4 (07:54 GMT), the seismic network of the Seismic Protection Territorial Service under Armenia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs recorded a magnitude 3.0 earthquake in the Armenia–Nakhichevan border area, 23 kilometers southwest of Sisian, at a depth of 10 kilometers.
The intensity of the shaking in the epicentral area reached 4 on the seismic intensity scale.
The earthquake was felt with an intensity of 2–3 in the towns of Sisian and Dastakert, as well as in the villages of Arevis, Tanahat, Tasik, Salvard and Torunik in Syunik Province.
The epicenter was located at geographic coordinates 39.40° north latitude and 45.81° east longitude.
