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YEREVAN, DECEMBER 7, ARMENPRESS. Members of Parliament held a moment of silence on Thursday to commemorate the victims of the 1988 Spitak earthquake.
The Spitak earthquake occurred on December 7, 1988 with a surface wave magnitudeof 6.8 and a maximumMSKintensity of X (Devastating).
Over 25,000 people were killed and 20,000 others injured in the quake. Over half a million people became homeless. 17% of the entire housing stock of Armenia was destroyed.