On October 5, at 04:21 local time (at 00:21 GMT), the seismological network of the Seismic Protection Territorial Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia recorded an earthquake at 38.35⁰ north latitude and 45.72⁰ east longitude, 9 km from the city of Marand, Iran. South-west, 10 km deep, 5.5 magnitude earthquake.
The strength of the underground shock in the epicentral zone was 7-8 points.
The earthquake was felt in the Syunik region with a magnitude of 5-6, in Vayots Dzor, Ararat regions with a magnitude of 3-4, in Kotayk region, Yerevan, and the city of Stepanakert of the Artsakh Republic with a magnitude of 3.
