Spitak earthquake victims commemorated in NKR
Spitak earthquake victims were commemorated in NKR. As PanARMENIAN.Net reporter was informed at Aparazh newspaper editorial office, NKR National Assembly speaker Ashot Gulyan, NKR Prime Minister Ara Harutyunyan, NKR parliamentarians and government members, NKR Defense Army command, politicians and public figures laid wreathes at the monument to earthquake victims in Stepanakert.
21 years have passed since the devastating Spitak earthquake that shocked Armenia December 7, 1988. At 11.41 a.m. local time a magnitude 10 earthquake destroyed the entire city of Spitak. There was great damage to the nearby cities of Leninakan (now known as Gyumri) and Kirovakan (today Vanadzor) and some 350 surrounding villages.
The earthquake claimed lives of 25 thousand people; some 100 thousand were wounded; over 500 thousand became homeless.
The earthquake was rated among the most crushing calamities of the world.
21 years have passed since the devastating Spitak earthquake that shocked Armenia December 7, 1988. At 11.41 a.m. local time a magnitude 10 earthquake destroyed the entire city of Spitak. There was great damage to the nearby cities of Leninakan (now known as Gyumri) and Kirovakan (today Vanadzor) and some 350 surrounding villages.
The earthquake claimed lives of 25 thousand people; some 100 thousand were wounded; over 500 thousand became homeless.
The earthquake was rated among the most crushing calamities of the world.
