ARMENIA COMMEMORATES 1988 EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS

PanARMENIAN.Net
07.12.2009 11:38 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia marks the 21st anniversary of the Spitak
earthquake on December 7. President Serzh Sargsyan arrived in the
disaster area to commemorate the victims.

On December 7, 1988, at 11:41 a.m. local time a magnitude 6.9
earthquake shook northwestern Armenia and was followed four minutes
later by a magnitude 5.8 aftershock.

The earthquake leveled the cities of Spitak and Gyumri and left 25
000 people dead, 100 000 wounded and 500 000 homeless.