List of earthquakes in Armenia - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is an incomplete list of earthquakes in Armenia
Armenia
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Intensity is measured in the Mercalli intensity scale
Mercalli intensity scale
The Mercalli intensity scale is a seismic scale used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake. It measures the effects of an earthquake, and is distinct from the moment magnitude M_w usually reported for an earthquake , which is a measure of the energy released...

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Magnitude is measured in the Richter magnitude scale
Richter magnitude scale
The expression Richter magnitude scale refers to a number of ways to assign a single number to quantify the energy contained in an earthquake....

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	Regions Affected	Date	Time	Magnitude	Intensity	Epicenter	Depth (km)	Fatalities
1988 Spitak earthquake	Spitak,Gyumri	1988-12-07	11:41AM	7.2	VIII	40°30′0″N,44°9′36″E	10	25,000+
1679 Garni earthquake 1679 Armenia earthquake The 1679 Armenia earthquake was a tremor with a magnitude of 7.0, that took place in 1679 in the Yerevan region of Armenia .- Buildings destroyed :...	Garni, Erivan, Kanaker	1679	Unknown	7.0	VIII	40°4′12″N,44°25′48″E	N/A	7,600+estimated
1268 Cilicia earthquake 1268 Cilicia earthquake The Cilicia earthquake in 1268 was a tremendous earthquake in which over 60,000 people perished . The earthquake occurred in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, in southern Asia Minor. The epicenter was northeast of the city of Adana....	Ilkhanate, Antioch	1268	Unknown	7.0	VIII	37°30′0″N,35°30′0″E	N/A	60,000+estimated
893 Dvin earthquake 893 Dvin earthquake The 893 Dvin earthquake occurred on 28 December at about midnight. It had a magnitude of about 6 and a maximum intensity of about IX on the Mercalli intensity scale. It destroyed the city of Dvin in Armenia, causing about 30,000 casualties...	Dvin Dvin Dvin was a large commercial city and the capital of early medieval Armenia. It was situated north of the previous ancient capital of Armenia, the city of Artaxata, along the banks of the Metsamor River, 35 km to the south of modern Yerevan... , Artashat Artashat Artashat , is a city on Araks River in the Ararat valley, 30 km southeast of Yerevan. Being one of the oldest cities of Armenia, Artashat is the capital of Ararat Province. Modern Artashat is situated on the Yerevan-Nakhichevan-Baku and Nakhichevan-Tabriz railway and on...	893-12-27	midnight	5.3–7	IX–X	40°0′0″N,44°24′0″E		30,000

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