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SUMMARY:Spitak\, Armenia: Mass destruction and Soviet Era Response  - Sure
 n Arakelyan (Director\, Georisk Scientific Research Company Armenia) + oth
 er speakers tbc
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DESCRIPTION:On December 8th 1988 a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Armenia
  and killed 25\,000 people (as officially recorded - the total number is l
 ikely higher). The earthquake was the largest in the region in recent hist
 ory and data shows that it destroyed 90% of Spitak\, 50% of Leninakan and 
 20% of Kirovakan. Armenia lies along the Alpine-Himalayan belt\, which is 
 characterised by high seismicity. Still\, earthquakes of this scale do not
  occur frequently\, and the results were devastating. Response and support
  for the Armenia SSR came from both within and outside of the Soviet Union
 . This seminar will explore lessons learned following the 1988 Spitak eart
 hquake in Armenia\, and extends its support and recognition to those affec
 ted by and currently involved in response to the recent Turkey-Syria earth
 quake.  
LOCATION:Zoom via mailing list (see the CDRN talks.cam front page) 
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