Dec. 7 1988 - Earthquake in Armenia

Spitak, Armenia saw a 7.2 magnitude earthquake strike on this day in 1988. 25,000 lives were lost. An entire city (Spitak) was destroyed and due to poor infrastructure many more lives were lost.

In 1990, a Monument was erected in Washington to commemorate the massive aid that was donated to Armenia in its time of need. That monument is shown above.