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TODAY IS 16TH ANNIVERSARY OF SPITAK EARTHQUAKE
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 7. ARMINFO. Today is the 16th anniversary of the
Spitak Earthquake, a devastating quake that shook Northern Armenia
Dec 1998 claiming some 25,000 lives and leaving almost half a million
people homeless.
Spitak was razed to the ground, the second and third cities of Armenia
Gumri and Vanadzor were almost totally destroyed.
Today after 16 years of active recovery work by the Armenian Government
strongly supported by the Armenian Diaspora particularly by the Lincy
Foundation the only things reminding of the tragedy are monuments
and obelisks commemorating those killed in it.
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 7. ARMINFO. Today is the 16th anniversary of the
Spitak Earthquake, a devastating quake that shook Northern Armenia
Dec 1998 claiming some 25,000 lives and leaving almost half a million
people homeless.
Spitak was razed to the ground, the second and third cities of Armenia
Gumri and Vanadzor were almost totally destroyed.
Today after 16 years of active recovery work by the Armenian Government
strongly supported by the Armenian Diaspora particularly by the Lincy
Foundation the only things reminding of the tragedy are monuments
and obelisks commemorating those killed in it.