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300 BERBERIAN AND TCHALENKOor had collapsed, to the west. The survival of this building located nearly on the fauiltmay be attributed in part to the fact that it was a compact, quasi-cubic structure, buitton rock and near the southeastern limit of destruction. Even though this does notexplain entirely its exceptional resistance, it does place S. Prishad in the same categoryas other undamaged structures located on, or very near, other earthquake faults(Medvedev, 1953).In Payajuk, about 3km due east of Dilman, destruction was still very severe, killingthe only three inhabitants who slept indoors. The stone masonry church of 1t.Fig. 21. S. Asdvadzadzin (Sarnaq). Eastern wall of the church, which partly survived the earthqt~ake.