The A. Nazarov Institute of Geophysics and Engineering Seismology studies earthquakes and the structure of the Earth in Armenia, runs the national seismic network CHARNET and helps make cities, buildings and dams safer.
Leadership
The institute belongs to the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of the Republic of Armenia.
Director since 2013, scientific head of CHARNET and co-director of the China–Armenia International Laboratory for Earthquake Monitoring and Modelling.
Profile →Structure
The director with the Scientific board and the Directorate, nine research laboratories, education and support units, the CHARNET network and the complex geophysical observatory with their joint international units.
Education and support
- Specialization board 040 “Geophysics”Defence of candidate and doctoral theses in the specialty “Geophysics”
- EducationMaster’s and postgraduate studies
- Library
- Production workshop
- Earthquake Science MuseumThe original first multi-pendulum seismometer of Academician Armen Nazaryan and the history of seismology in Gyumri
Research laboratories 9
- Laboratory of Structural Geophysics, Deep Processes and Geodynamics
- Laboratory of Seismology and Earthquake Prediction
- Laboratory of Exploration Geophysics
- Laboratory of Geomagnetism
- Laboratory of Hydrogeodynamics and Environmental Geophysics
- Laboratory of Mathematical Geophysics and Geoinformatics
- Laboratory of Engineering Seismology, Analysis of Seismic Actions and Seismic Hazard Assessment
- Laboratory of Seismic Resistance of Structures and Building Constructions
- Laboratory of Geophysical Instrument Engineering and Metrology
Network, centres and observatory
- CHARNET networkChina–Armenia seismic, strong-motion and geodynamic network, FDSN A6Chinese–Armenian laboratory
Earthquake monitoring and modelling, with the Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing - Armenian–Chinese Joint Geoscience CentreWith the Xi’an Center of the China Geological Survey, since 2024
- Complex geophysical observatoryGyulagarak, Lori regionArmenian–Russian geomagnetic observatory
Gyulagarak, Lori regionArmenian–Russian geodynamic test site
IGES and JINR, Dubna
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History
From the first seismometers of Academician Nazaryan to the CHARNET network.
Timeline →International cooperation
Joint laboratory with China, observatory with Russia and partners in Europe.
Partners →Services
Seismic surveys, hazard assessment and inspection of buildings and structures.
What we do →