Earthquake (Armenian: Երկրաշարժ, Russian: Землетрясение) is a 2013 Russian-Armenian disaster drama film directed by Sarik Andreasyan based on the 1988 Armenian earthquake.[3][4] It was selected as the Armenian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.[5][6] However, the film was disqualified by the Academy for not meeting the submission requirements.[7][8] Konstantin Lavronenko as Konstantin Berezhnoy Artyom Bystrov as a hoistman Armen Margaryan as Armen Arsen Grigoryan as Ryzhiy Maria Mironova as Anna Berezhnaya Michael Poghosyan as Erem Release date 25 July 2013