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    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.
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