Minor quake hits near Armenia’s Tashir town

The Territorial Survey for Seismic Protection of Armenia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations detected a magnitude 2.4 earthquake in the Armenia-Georgia border area on Friday, December 24, at 9:17pm local time.

The earthquake struck 14 km north-east of the town of Tashir in Lori Province at a depth of 10 km.

The tremor measured magnitude 3 at the epicenter.

The jolts were felt in Tashir, Stepanavan towns, as well as in the village of Saratovka with magnitude 3.