  Armenia commemorates 1988 earthquake victims  December 7, 2010 - 12:34 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia marks the 22nd anniversary of the Spitak earthquake on December 7. 22 years ago today, 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. In the epicenter, the village of Nalband, the tremors were reported to measure 10 on the Richter scale. The earthquake leveled the cities of Spitak and Gyumri and left about 25 000 people dead, 100 000 wounded and 500 000 homeless.  Top stories The UN's target is a 2 C (3.6 degree Fahrenheit) limit on warming from pre-industrial levels for manageable climate change. Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan noted in his Facebook page that he has no intention to change his current job. Intrauterine devices "and implants are more effective because women can forget about them after clinicians put the devices in place." The government of Armenia hosted a sitting on coordination of buildings’ construction in the center of Yerevan.   |  Latest news Over 100 trespassers detained in Armenia in January-May  Russian border guards seized 50 firearms, bladed weapons and 300 thous. rubles worth contraband in January-May.Conference participants at Institute of CIS States back Artsakh’s stance The NKR was represented at the round table by Advisers to Foreign Minister Ruben Zargarian and Arsen Melik-Shakhnazarian.Shoushi liberation anniversary celebrated in France Armenian ambassador to France Vigen Chitechyan answered Armenian foreign and domestic policy related questions.Armenian ambassador to China participates in ESCAP meeting Armen Sargsyan participated in meeting of UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok. |
