Earthquake — Turkey: Erzincan

When

13 Mar 1992

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.9

Where

Turkey

Coordinates

39.71° N, 39.60° E

Deaths

653

Injuries

2000

Damage musd

750

Intensity mmi

8

Depth km

27

6.9-magnitude earthquake in eastern Turkey

An earthquake struck eastern Turkey near the city of Erzincan at 20:18:39 local time on 13 March 1992. The second major earthquake to hit Erzincan in half a century, it measured 6.6–6.7 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw). It was assigned a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent) and EMS-98 intensity of IX (Destructive).

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 6.7 Erzincan earthquake affects eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 498–652 and injuring around 2,000”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “1992 Erzincan depremi: Türkiye'nin Erzincan ilinde meydana gelen 6,8 Ms şiddetindeki deprem sonucunda 653 kişi öldü, 4 bini aşkın kişi yaralandı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page