December 1988 Leninakan-Spitak-Kirovakan, Armenia Images
The magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook northwestern Armenia, and was followed four minutes
later by a magnitude 5.8 aftershock. The earthquakes affected an area 80 kilometers
in diameter. This set includes damage photographs taken in and around the devastated
cities of Spitak and Leninakan, where 25,000 deaths occurred. Location: Northwestern
Armenian SSR, 18 kilometers north northwest of Spitak. Damage: $14.2 billion. Fifteen
thousand were injured and 517,000 lost their homes. The death toll (25,000) could
have been much worse had it not been for the heroic rescue of 15,000 who were pulled
from the rubble.
- Cite as: NOAA National Geophysical Data Center (2012): Natural Hazard Images Database (Event: December 1988 Leninakan-Spitak-Kirovakan, Armenia Images). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi:10.7289/V5154F01 [access date]
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