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30 October 2026 - 11:03 AMT

Magnitude 2.6 earthquake strikes near Jermuk

On October 30, at 00:31 local time (20:31 GMT on October 29), the seismological network of the Seismic Protection Territorial Service of Armenia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs recorded a magnitude 2.6 earthquake 15 kilometers northeast of Jermuk, at a depth of 10 kilometers.

The intensity of the earthquake at the epicenter reached 3–4 points on the seismic intensity scale.

The tremors were felt at an intensity of 2–3 points in the town of Jermuk and the villages of Gndevaz and Saravan in Vayots Dzor Province, as well as in the villages of Gorayk and Sarnakunk in Syunik Province.

The earthquake was recorded at geographic coordinates 39.92 degrees north latitude and 45.77 degrees east longitude.