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The most devastating earthquakes in the history of the USSR

The most devastating earthquakes in the history of the USSR
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The 1988 Spitak earthquake in Armenia exploded with the force of ten Hiroshimas. In the space of 30 seconds, the city was literally wiped off the face of the Earth.
Destruction of Ashgabat
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On Oct. 6, 1948, at about 1am, the capital of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR), Ashgabat, was shaken by powerful tremors measuring 7–10 on the Richter scale. The fragile, one-story earthen houses that comprised most of the city’s architecture collapsed almost instantaneously, becoming the graves of thousands of inhabitants.
“The lights went out. For several seconds in the pitch blackness, the rumble of crumbling buildings and the crack of breaking beams could be heard,” recalled Tikhon Boldyrev of the local medical service: “A dull noise, like a deep sigh, swept across the city, followed by a deathly ....

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The most devastating earthquakes in the history of the USSR

The most devastating earthquakes in the history of the USSR
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