English: The cubic granite block shows the time when the earthquake struck, and the date, April 25th 1966 on the darkened side. The local time is given here as 4.22 AMZ but perhaps a time zone of the Soviet Union meant that it is recorded here as 5.22. The force was 7.5 on the Richter scale, and resulted in devestation of much of the city. Very little remained from that time. The broken paving stones behind the granite cube symbolise the breaking of the ground.