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PARLIAMENT COMMEMORATES VICTIMS OF 1988 EARTHQUAKE IN ARMENIA
arminfo
Wednesday, December 7, 13:44
Armenian parliamentarians observed a minute of silence in memory of
the victims of the disastrous earthquake in Armenia on Dec 7 1988,
Wednesday. Many parliament and government members are currently in the
earthquake zone and the bills discussed on Tuesday in the parliament
will be passed on December 8.
Spitak earthquake that killed over 25,000 people, leaving around
140,000 people disabled and half a million people homeless. The
earthquake happened on December 7, 1988 at 11: 41 AM. It broke
to smash the towns of Spitak and Leninakan (currently Gyumri),
over hundred villages and several towns were destroyed partially,
earthquake shocks were felt in Yerevan and Tbilisi. Investigation,
held by the USSR Prosecutor General's Office, cleared up that huge
scales of Spitak tragedy were mainly conditioned by the absence of
efficient estimates of seismic hazard in the region, insufficient
preparedness of rescue services and poor construction quality.
Specialists say the wave was equivalent to the blast of ten nuclear
bombs thrown on Hiroshima and was registered by seismologists in
Europe, Asia, America and Australia. Several thousand families in the
disaster zone still live in temporary houses. The government promises
to finally settle the housing problem in the earthquake zone by 2013.
arminfo
Wednesday, December 7, 13:44
Armenian parliamentarians observed a minute of silence in memory of
the victims of the disastrous earthquake in Armenia on Dec 7 1988,
Wednesday. Many parliament and government members are currently in the
earthquake zone and the bills discussed on Tuesday in the parliament
will be passed on December 8.
Spitak earthquake that killed over 25,000 people, leaving around
140,000 people disabled and half a million people homeless. The
earthquake happened on December 7, 1988 at 11: 41 AM. It broke
to smash the towns of Spitak and Leninakan (currently Gyumri),
over hundred villages and several towns were destroyed partially,
earthquake shocks were felt in Yerevan and Tbilisi. Investigation,
held by the USSR Prosecutor General's Office, cleared up that huge
scales of Spitak tragedy were mainly conditioned by the absence of
efficient estimates of seismic hazard in the region, insufficient
preparedness of rescue services and poor construction quality.
Specialists say the wave was equivalent to the blast of ten nuclear
bombs thrown on Hiroshima and was registered by seismologists in
Europe, Asia, America and Australia. Several thousand families in the
disaster zone still live in temporary houses. The government promises
to finally settle the housing problem in the earthquake zone by 2013.