The Earthquake in Armenia, December 7, 1988

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The Earthquake in Armenia, December 7, 1988

1993

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Corporate Authors:

National Geophysical Data Center
NOAA Program & Office:

NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service)
Description:

On December 7, 1988, at 11 :41 a.m. local time a magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook northwestern Armenia and was followed four minutes later by a magnitude 5.8 aftershock. Swarms of aftershocks, some as large as magnitude 5.0, continued for months in the area around Spitak.
Keywords:

Buildings Earthquake Damage Earthquake Effects Earthquakes Natural Disasters Earthquake Damage Earthquake Effects Natural Disasters
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PDF
Publisher:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Document Type:

Non-series Report
Place as Subject:

Armenia (Republic)
License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Rights Information:

CC0 Public Domain
Compliance:

Library
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha-512:948f0e2c17a9bab787c55e894aa249ab28812e924cbc62704fe4a63e5e7bd29fef21165d262af18a12f26aba1d965148ec1c6b7120498c8e622bd75a2318df77
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https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/61657/noaa_61657_DS1.pdf
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