Abstract

The article describes changes in the composition and equipment of the network of seismic stations in Armenia, which ensured a representative level of earthquake registration in Armenia in 2014 with K3min=8.0. The analysis of seismicity on the territory of Armenia and neighboring regions is carried out, focal mechanisms of 17 earthquakes are determined using the signs of P-wave first arrivals at the seismic stations of Armenia and neighboring countries. Within the Republic, the highest level of seismic activity in 2014 was in the North, in the focal zone of Spitak earthquake 07.12.1988 with MLH=6.8, I0=10. The macroseismic effect of earthquakes felt in Armenia is described.

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