07/12/2019 12:32
31 years pass since 1988 disastrous earthquake in Armenia’s Spitak and Gyumri: Armenia’s PM pays tribute to the memory of the victims
Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited today Armenia’s province of Lori on the 31st anniversary of the disastrous earthquake that hit Armenia’s Gyumri and Spitak towns on December 7, 1988.
Armenia’s PM put a wreath at the monument dedicated to the memory of victims of the earthquake.
In Spitak Armenia’s PM paid tribute to the monuments of the victims of the earthquake.
The 10-magnitude earthquake hit Armenia on December 7, 1988 at 11.41 a.m. turning into ruins Armenian towns of Spitak, Leninakan (today’s Gyumri), Kirovakan, Stepanavan and over hundred villages.
More than 25 thousand people were killed, 500,000 remained without homes.