Introduction to the Earthquake Monument: is located on the Neutral Square in Ashgabat, close to the Neutrality Gate and the Presidential Palace. It was completed on October 6, 1998. The monument is divided into upper and lower parts. The upper part is a fifteen-meter-long bronze bull. On the bull's neck is a cracked sphere, which symbolizes the earth. On the cracked crust, there is a woman holding a child with both hands. The design idea is based on the legend of the Turkic people: they believe that the earth is carried by a giant bull. Women and children symbolize eternity and the continuation of mankind. The lower part is the pedestal, and inside the pedestal is the Earthquake Museum, which mainly displays some pictures about Ashgabat's appearance before, after, and today's earthquake in 1948. There is a wall clock on the wall at the entrance of the museum. The hour hand points to 1:12 - the time of the Ashgabat earthquake, to commemorate this tragedy - Ashgabat at 1:12 a.m. on October 6, 1948. An earthquake measuring 9-10 on the Richter scale occurred, killing 160,000 people, and the entire city was almost completely destroyed.