Armenia`s premier, his spouse honor memory of 1988 earthquake victims 

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime  Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his wife Anna Hakobyan left for Vanadzor  to honor the memory of the victims of the devastating earthquake of  1988. This was reported on the Prime Minister's official Telegram  channel.

Today marks the 36th anniversary of the terrible and devastating  earthquake in Armenia, which claimed the lives of about 25 thousand  people (according to official data only), 514 thousand people lost  their homes.

In total, 21 cities and 350 villages were damaged, of which 58 were  completely destroyed. In just a few seconds, the city of Spitak was  almost completely destroyed, significant damage befell Gyumri  (formerly Leninakan), Stepanavan, Vanadzor (Kirovakan). The magnitude  on the 12-point Richter scale in the epicenter of the earthquake -  Spitak - its strength reached 10 points, in Leninakan - 9 points,  Kirovakan - 8 points. The village of Nalband, the closest to the  epicenter of the earthquake, went completely underground