Contemporary era · 1988
1988 Armenian earthquake
An earthquake occurred in northern Armenia (then Armenian SSR, as part of the Soviet Union) on 7 December, 1988, at 11:41 local time with a surface-wave magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating). The region is vulnerable to large and destructive earthquakes and is part of a larger active seismic belt that stretches from the Alps to the Himalayas.
- When
- 7 Dec 1988
- Where
- Soviet Union
- Era
- Contemporary
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