Autumn at the Gyulagarak observatory
On 12 November the director of the institute and a member of staff visited the complex geophysical observatory in Gyulagarak and inspected its pavilions and instruments.
An earthquake between Vanadzor and Spitak
On 12 November at 12:34 local time a small earthquake, ML 2.2 (Mw 3.0), occurred in Lori province between Vanadzor and Spitak, at a depth of about 11 km. Nine CHARNET stations recorded it.
A small earthquake under Aragats
On 10 November at 21:57 local time a very small earthquake, ML 0.9, occurred under the southern slope of Mount Aragats near Byurakan, at a depth of about 16 km, recorded by three CHARNET stations.
Happy World Science Day for Peace and Development
On 10 November, World Science Day for Peace and Development, IGES congratulates scientists in Armenia and abroad. Send a seismic greeting: a wave from Gyumri to every CHARNET station.
IGES at 25: a booklet from 1986
An anniversary booklet of 1986 from the IGES archive tells the first 25 years of the institute: its founding in Leninakan, Nazarov’s school, eight laboratories and more than 100 researchers.
Gyumri, 1926: an earthquake before Spitak
A rare 1943 book in the IGES archive describes the Leninakan earthquake of 22 October 1926: 355 victims, three quarters of the houses damaged, and an expedition that travelled on foot and on horseback.
A small earthquake near Ashotsk
On Sunday morning, 8 November, at 11:04 local time, a small earthquake occurred in the Ashotsk community of Shirak province, about 30 kilometres north of Gyumri. With a magnitude of ML 1.7…
A night earthquake near Marand, Iran
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake about 13 km south-west of Marand in north-western Iran, recorded by seven CHARNET stations in Armenia at 03:41 local time on 6 November.
Before CHARNET: a rare 1973 station album
A rare 1973 photo album found in the IGES archive shows the first seismic stations of the Caucasus, including the five stations of Armenia: Yerevan (1931), Leninakan (1946), Stepanavan (1950), Goris (1951) and Vardenis (1964).
Armenian stations hear M 5.2 in Tajikistan
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake in the Pamir mountains of Tajikistan, 2,300–2,530 km away, recorded by all CHARNET stations in Armenia.
An earthquake on the Armenia–Georgia border
A small earthquake (ML 2.6) on the Armenia–Georgia border, about 45 km north of Gyumri, recorded by the CHARNET network at 14:41 local time on 1 November.
IGES Director, visiting professor in China
IGES Director Jon Karapetyan completed his work as a visiting professor at the Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration in Beijing: three joint papers and a roadmap for cooperation.
A night tremor near Jermuk
A small earthquake (ML 2.1) about 10 km east of Jermuk in Vayots Dzor province, recorded by the CHARNET network at 00:31 local time on 30 October.
A night tremor near Tsaghkunk
A small earthquake (ML 2.0) near Tsaghkunk in Gegharkunik province, 7 km west of Sevan, recorded by the CHARNET network at 03:49 local time on 28 October.
A night tremor near Eranos
A small earthquake (ML 1.3) 15 km north-west of Eranos in Gegharkunik province, recorded by the CHARNET network at 03:11 local time on 26 October.
A deep earthquake under Japan
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake 490 km beneath the Bonin Islands, south of Japan. Its waves reached Armenia, 8,400 km away, in less than eleven minutes.
An earthquake nobody felt near Vanadzor
A magnitude 1.4 earthquake between Spitak and Vanadzor went unnoticed by people, but our stations heard it within seconds. The growing gap between P and S waves shows how the epicentre was found.
Armenian stations hear Mw 7.0 in Tibet
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake on the Tibetan Plateau, 4,300–4,500 km away, recorded by five CHARNET stations in Armenia.
A small earthquake near Armavir
On 21 October 2026 at 21:51 UTC a magnitude ML 1.4 (Mw 2.3) earthquake occurred about 16 km west-northwest of Armavir. Five CHARNET stations recorded it.
Armenian stations hear Mw 5.7 in Pakistan
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake in Balochistan, Pakistan, 2,200–2,500 km away, recorded by CHARNET stations in Armenia.
Tashkent: CIS school of young seismologists
From 24 to 28 August 2026 Tashkent, Uzbekistan, hosted the School of Young Seismologists of the CIS member states. IGES Director Jon Karapetyan gave a lecture on how sedimentary basins shape the…
Armenian stations hear M 6.0 in the Gulf of Aden
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake under the Gulf of Aden, almost 3,000 km away, recorded by the Antarashat station: P-wave after 5 min 36 s, S-wave after 10 min, surface waves after 17 min.
IGES at ICEE 2026: 50 years after Tangshan
From 27 to 31 July 2026 Beijing hosted the International Conference on Earthquake Engineering (ICEE 2026), held to mark 50 years since the Great Tangshan Earthquake of 1976. IGES Director Jon Karapetyan…
Foreshock or twin? Two quakes in western Iran
An M 4.9 earthquake, and five and a half minutes later an M 5.2 from almost the same spot. CHARNET stations in Armenia recorded both.
IGES at ASC 2026 in Tashkent
At ASC 2026 in Tashkent, IGES Director Jon Karapetyan presented the joint Armenian–Chinese report on the permanent seismic and geodynamic observation network of Armenia.
A ministerial visit with schoolchildren
Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan, Shirak Governor Davit Arushanyan and schoolchildren from the region toured the Nazarov memorial room and the CHARNET centre.
IGES at a university conference in Minsk
On 11–12 November 2025 the Minsk City Technopark hosted the international conference “Universities: new centres of attraction for science, business and society”. IGES Director Jon Karapetyan took part in the conference. The…
IGES in Xi’an: Belt and Road conference
From 23 to 25 September 2025 Xi’an, China, hosted the Conference on Geoscience Cooperation and Mining Development of the SCO Countries together with the 4th “Belt and Road” International Geophysical Conference. IGES…
Shenyang: Haicheng-50 and Belt and Road
At the Haicheng-50 earthquake forecasting symposium in Shenyang, China, IGES Director Jon Karapetyan presented the China–Armenia seismograph and GNSS network and a roadmap for cooperation in seismic hazard and risk assessment.
The Caucasus’ first seismogeodynamic network
The Armenian–Chinese data centre in Gyumri has been running for more than five months and has recorded over 100 earthquakes, including events in the Congo, China,…