Earthquake — Turkey: Ercis, Van

When

23 Oct 2011

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.1

Where

Turkey

Coordinates

38.72° N, 43.51° E

Deaths

604

Injuries

2608

Damage musd

1500

Houses destroyed

5739

Depth km

16

2011 earthquakes in eastern Turkey

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 Mww magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). 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.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A magnitude 7.2 Mw earthquake jolts eastern Turkey near the city of Van, killing over 600 people and damaging about 2,200 buildings”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Türkiye'nin Van şehrinde meydana gelen 7,2 Mw büyüklüğündeki bir depremde 600'den fazla kişi öldü, yaklaşık 2.200 bina hasar gördü”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ein schweres Erdbeben mit einer Stärke von 7,2 auf der Richterskala erschüttert den Osten der Türkei”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Разрушительное землетрясение магнитудой 7,2, произошедшее на востоке Турции, привело к гибели, по меньшей мере, 600 человек”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Turquía, un terremoto de 7,1 sacude la ciudad de Van, dejando un saldo de 604 muertos y más de 4.000 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “トルコ東部のワン近郊でマグニチュード7.1の地震が発生。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page