Memorial to a city destroyed by magnitude 7.6 earthquake

Memorial to a city destroyed by magnitude 7.6 earthquake (Google Maps)
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The 1995 Neftegorsk earthquake was a 7.1Mw (7.6 MS) earthquake that devastated the town of Neftegorsk in northern Sakhalin Island, Russia on May 27 1995 at 23:03 local time (13:03 UTC).

Neftegorsk was nearly completely destroyed by the earthquake, and approximately 2,000 of the 3,176 residents in the town were killed. The earthquake involved right lateral strike-slip movement on a fault that ruptured from south to north for 40 km, with the rupture passing right under Neftegorsk.

The settlement was not rebuilt after the earthquake; a memorial was constructed in the area.
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