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The 2011 Van earthquakes occurred in eastern Turkey near the city of Van.The first earthquake happened on 23 October at 13:41 local time. The shock had a M ww magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). [5]
The 2011 Kütahya earthquake struck near a populous region of western Turkey at 23:15 EEST (20:15 UTC) on 19 May with a moment magnitude of 5.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). With an epicenter just to the east of Simav , it occurred at an estimated depth of 9.1 kilometers (5.7 mi), resulting in strong shaking in much of ...
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19 May – The 5.8 M w Kütahya earthquake shook western Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). Two were killed and 122 were injured. 23 October – The 7.1 M w Van earthquake shook eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). More than 600 were killed and 4,152 were injured.
At least 20 aftershocks follows, with another major earthquake – measuring at least 7.5 magnitude – striking central Turkey hours later
Death toll surpasses 9,400, making quake world’s deadliest seismic event since 2011. ... Turkey earthquake: Video shows devastation as third quake hits country in 24 hours.
Toddler pulled from ruins after 78 hours trapped by Turkey earthquake. 08:50, Maryam Zakir-Hussain. A two-year-old boy has been pulled from the wreckage of a destroyed building in Turkey, 78 hours ...
Turkey is a seismically active area within the complex zone of collision between the Eurasian plate and both the African and Arabian plates.Much of the country lies on the Anatolian sub-plate, a small plate bounded by two major strike-slip fault zones, the North Anatolian Fault and East Anatolian Fault.