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The article describes the main problems in the existing researches on the seismotectonics of the territory of Armenia. A review was conducted on certain issues related to the accuracy of the initial seismological data, the problem of identifying possible focal zones of strong earthquakes, and the probabilistic assessment of the seismic hazard of the territory of Armenia. As the results of numerous studies show, the initial seismological data from catalogs and bulletins are characterized by their heterogeneity. Different observation systems and different methods of seismological data processing have led to the fact that when visualizing the spatial distribution of earthquake epicenters on the territory of Armenia, during the instrumental period of observations, an artificially lattice network of epicenters is obtained, which does not agree in any way with the fault tectonics of the territory. During the stud of distribution of earthquake hypocenters by depth, the discrete nature of their distribution was revealed. There is also a number of disadvantages in the area of allocation of focal zones of strong earthquakes. The main part of the conducted research was mainly based on data on previously recorded strong seismic events, as well as on data on historical earthquakes, as a result, for the most part of the studied territory, in fact, no research was conducted. In addition, there are relevant questions about the tectonic basis used in these studies. The last group of problems concerns the probabilistic assessment of the seismic hazard of the territory of Armenia. It is shown that in the existing works, there are quite a lot of unsubstantiated assumptions.Based on the analysis, it is concluded that in the field of seismotectonic studies of the territory of Armenia, there are a number of urgent tasks that require priority solutions.

To study the deep structure of the earth it is important to have an optimal monitoring network and reliable seismic baseline database for the investigated area. In addition, the territory of Armenia according to its geology and seismological conditions is a full-scale experimental polygon for seismic problems, in particular the study of Earth's deepest structure by seismic methods. For this purpose, the work aims to assess the effectiveness of the existing seismic monitoring system in Armenia, to offer optimal solutions for the station layout, to evaluate the accuracy of seismic information registered in the RA by performing hypocenter recalculation. Then, within of the work organized modern seismic stations in Armenia and Russia towns with seismic equipment made and produced in Armenia (IGES NAS RA). The work was supported by MESCS Science Committee of the Republic of Armenia (grant № 18SH-1E012).