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DECEMBER 7, 1988 SPITAK, ARMENIA EARTHQUAKE

DECEMBER 7, 1988 SPITAK, ARMENIA EARTHQUAKE. WALTER HAYS GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS. SPITAK EARTHQUAKE. M6.8 11:41 AM LOCAL TIME “BLIND” THRUST FAULT. SPITAK WAS IN THE “BULLS” EYE” HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS COLLAPSED

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DECEMBER 7, 1988 SPITAK, ARMENIA EARTHQUAKE

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  1. DECEMBER 7, 1988 SPITAK, ARMENIA EARTHQUAKE WALTER HAYS GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS

  2. SPITAK EARTHQUAKE

  3. M6.8 11:41 AM LOCAL TIME “BLIND” THRUST FAULT SPITAK WAS IN THE “BULLS” EYE” HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS COLLAPSED SEARCH AND RESCUE NEDED TO SAVE TRAPPED VICTIMS SPITAK EARTHQUAKE

  4. NEW CONCRETE FRAME BUILDINGS PERFORMED POORLY SCHOOLS PERFORMED POORLY AT LEAST 25,000 KILLED IF THE QUAKE HAD OCCURRED 5 MINUTES LATER, CHILDREN WOULD HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE THE COLLAPSED SCHOOLS SPITAK EARTHQUAKE

  5. HOSPITALS PERFORMED POORLY MEDICAL SERVICES WERE UNAVAILABLE IN THE HOUR OF GREATEST NEED. SPITAK EARTHQUAKE

  6. PRESIDENT GORBACHAV WAS GUEST OF PRESIDENT REAGAN AND PRESIDENT-ELECT BUSH IN NEW YORK AT TIME OF QUAKE SOME 70 COUNTRIES SENT PEOPLE AND SUPPLIES UNESCO HELPED PLAN RECOVERY RECONSTRUCTION COSTS OF ABOUT $16 BILLION SPITAK EARTHQUAKE

  7. SPITAK EARTHQUAKE: UN-ANCHORED FLOOR PLANKS

  8. SPITAK EARTHQUAKE: UN-REINFORCED MASONRY

  9. SPITAK EARTHQUAKE: UN-REINFORCED MASONRY

  10. SPITAK EARTHQUAKE: CONCRETE FRAME BUILDINGS

  11. SPITAK EARTHQUAKE: NEW BUILDINGS PERFORMED POORLY

  12. SOIL AMPLIFICATION EXACERBATED DAMAGE

  13. SPITAK EARTHQUAKE: CULTURAL HERITAGE

  14. SPITAK EARTHQUAKE: DEBRIS AND TRAFFIC HINDERED EM RESPONSE

  15. SPITAK EARTHQUAKE: SEARCH AND RESCUE

  16. “BLIND THRUST FAULTS” WERE AVOIDED SEISMIC DESIGN PROVISIONS WERE UPGRADED THE “NEW” SPITAK IS A 4-STORY CITY WITH MORE ATT-ENTION TO DETAIL EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING EMERGED AS A HIGH PRIORITY THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA WAS ESTABLISNED TO BUILD TECHNICAL CAPACITY WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE SPITAK EARTHQUAKE

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