Quake-Shattered Structure In Skopje -- This is one of the many structures broken and ruined today by an earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia in that country;s worst national disaster in modern history. The upheaval of the earth cut down 80 per cent of the city's buildings "like houses of cards," survivors reported.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Quake-Shattered Structure In Skopje -- This is one of the many structures broken and ruined today by an earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia in that country;s worst national disaster in modern history. The upheaval of the earth cut down 80 per cent of the city's buildings "like houses of cards," survivors reported.

Associated Press · [ca. July 1963]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Earthquakes - MSC - 1960 to --

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