1988 Spitak earthquake

E523406
earthquake

The 1988 Spitak earthquake was a devastating seismic event in northern Armenia that caused massive destruction and loss of life, particularly in the cities of Spitak, Gyumri, and Vanadzor.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
1988 Armenian earthquake 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf earthquake ⓘ
affectedCity Gyumri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spitak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vanadzor NERFINISHED ⓘ
affectedRegion Armenian SSR NERFINISHED ⓘ
aftershocks numerous ⓘ
aidFromCountry France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
USSR allied and non-allied states ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Armenian earthquake of 1988 NERFINISHED ⓘ
buildingsDestroyed tens of thousands ⓘ
casualtiesConcentratedIn Gyumri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spitak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vanadzor NERFINISHED ⓘ
casualtiesEstimate 25000–50000 deaths ⓘ
commemoratedAnnually yes ⓘ
country Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryAtTime Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
date 1988-12-07 ⓘ
deaths about 25000 ⓘ
depth 5 km ⓘ
epicenterNear Spitak NERFINISHED ⓘ
faultType strike-slip fault ⓘ
homeless hundreds of thousands ⓘ
injuries about 150000 ⓘ
intensityScale Mercalli intensity scale NERFINISHED ⓘ
internationalAidReceived yes ⓘ
ledToBuildingCodeReview yes ⓘ
ledToPolicyChange improvements in Soviet disaster response ⓘ
localTime 11:41 ⓘ
location northern Armenia ⓘ
magnitude 6.8 Mw ⓘ
maximumIntensity IX (Violent) ⓘ
mostSevereDamageCity Spitak NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAftershockDate 1988-12-10 ⓘ
notableAftershockMagnitude 5.8 ⓘ
plateTectonicSetting convergent boundary between Arabian Plate and Eurasian Plate ⓘ
republicAtTime Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
severeDamageCity Gyumri NERFINISHED ⓘ
sovietLeaderAtTime Mikhail Gorbachev NERFINISHED ⓘ
surfaceWaveMagnitude 6.9 Ms ⓘ
timeZone UTC+04:00 ⓘ
triggeredLandslides yes ⓘ
year 1988 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spitak → reconstructedAfter → 1988 Spitak earthquake ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1988 Armenian earthquake
Spitak → sufferedCasualtiesIn → 1988 Spitak earthquake ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1988 Armenian earthquake
Gyumri → sufferedEvent → 1988 Spitak earthquake ⓘ
Kirovakan → wasAffectedByEvent → 1988 Spitak earthquake ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1988 Armenian earthquake
Spitak → wasHeavilyDamagedBy → 1988 Spitak earthquake ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1988 Armenian earthquake