Serzh Sargsyan extended condolences to his Haitian counterpart

PanARMENIAN.Net - President Serzh Sargsyan has extended condolences to his Haitian counterpart Rene Garcia Preval in connection with the recent earthquake, Armenian leader's press service reported.



"Armenia is ready to assist the survivors of Haiti earthquake which caused great losses, leaving lots of people dead," RA President says in his address.



The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake centred approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, which struck at 16:53:09 local time (21:53:09 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. The earthquake centred approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. The disaster occurred at a depth of 13 kilometres (8.1 mi). The first shake was followed by a series of aftershocks, fourteen of them between magnitudes 5.0 and 5.9. The exact number of victims is not specified.