Earthquake — Turkey: Elazig Province: Okcular, Yukari Demirci

When

8 Mar 2010

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.1

Where

Turkey

Coordinates

38.86° N, 39.99° E

Deaths

51

Injuries

100

Houses destroyed

287

Depth km

12

Earthquake in eastern Turkey

The 2010 Elazığ earthquake was a 6.1 Mw earthquake that occurred on 8 March 2010 at 02:32 UTC. The epicentre was Başyurt in Elazığ Province, in eastern Turkey. Initial reports in global media said as many as 57 people had died. By 10 March, reports in the Turkish media placed the death toll at 41 and later, the death toll rose to 42. Another 74 were injured, many after falling and jumping from buildings.

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• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Turquía, un fuerte terremoto de 6,1 deja medio centenar de muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page