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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] It occurred at a shallow depth, causing heavy shaking across much of eastern Turkey and lighter tremors across neighboring parts of the South Caucasus and Levant.
Similarities between the calamity unfolding this week in Turkey and Syria and the triple disaster that hit northern Japan in 2011 may offer a glimpse of what the region could face in the years ...
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 ...
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.
It struck north of the city of Adiyama at around 11.30am, just over 24 hours after a 7.8 magnitude tremor wreaked havoc in the worst earthquake to hit the country in more than 20 years.
The earthquake severely damaged the city of Tralles (modern Aydın) and the island of Kos; See 554 Anatolia earthquake [26] 14 December 557 just before midnight Constantinople: 40.9 28.7 n/a X (Intense) Constantinople was "almost completely razed to the ground" by the earthquake. see 557 Constantinople earthquake [27] 14 May 1269 Cilicia ...
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 ...
Rescue teams are frantically searching for survivors after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria. At least 1,200 people have died, with the death toll rising quickly throughout the ...