December 1988 Leninakan-Spitak-Kirovakan, Armenia Images

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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.

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0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 Collection of damage and geological images resulting from natural hazards, specifically tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanoes. https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazardimages/
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazardimages/#/all/10
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
25 Event epicenter and image locations. https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/data/kml/photos/10.kml

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  • human dimensions
  • tectonics
  • international council for science - world data system
  • earthquakes
  • armenia
  • nesdis
  • icsu-wds
  • continent
  • national geophysical data center
  • noaa
  • noaa onestop project
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ngdc
  • solid earth
  • western asia
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • infrastructure
  • asia
  • national centers for environmental information
  • natural hazards

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