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Magnitude 7.3 - EASTERN TURKEY- Hundreds dead

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Source: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usb0006bqc.php

Magnitude 7.3 - EASTERN TURKEY
2011 October 23 10:41:21 UTC

*Earthquake Details

* This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude 7.3
Date-Time

* Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 10:41:21 UTC
* Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 01:41:21 PM at epicenter

Location 38.627?N, 43.535?E
Depth 7.2 km (4.5 miles) set by location program
Region EASTERN TURKEY
Distances

* 19 km (12 miles) NE (43?) from Van, Turkey
* 116 km (72 miles) N (351?) from Hakkari, Turkey
* 130 km (81 miles) SSE (161?) from Karakose (Agri), Turkey
* 192 km (119 miles) SSW (206?) from YEREVAN, Armenia

Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available
Parameters Nph=0, Dmin=0 km, Rmss=0 sec, Gp= 0,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=1
Source

* U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

Event ID usb0006bqc
 
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Source: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/10/23/strong-quake-strikes-eastern-turkey/

Strong 7.2 Magnitude Quake Strikes Eastern Turkey
Published October 23, 2011
| Associated Press


ANKARA, Turkey ? A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 struck eastern Turkey Sunday, collapsing some buildings and causing a number of deaths according to officials.

The temblor struck eastern Van province at 1:41 p.m. (6:41 a.m. ET), the U.S. Geological Survey said. It caused widespread panic throughout the province as well as neighboring cities.

It toppled some buildings in downtown Van as well as the neighboring town of Ercis, officials said. Several strong aftershocks were also reported...
 
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7.2 quake in Turkey kills 75, collapses buildings

Updated: Sunday, 23 Oct 2011,

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey, killing at least 75 people and sparking panic as it collapsed buildings into piles of twisted steel and chunks of concrete.

Desperate survivors dug Sunday into the rubble with their bare hands, trying to rescue the trapped and injured.
State-run TRT television reported that 59 people were killed and 150 injured in the eastern town of Ercis, and 15 others died in the provincial center of Van. Another person died in the nearby province of Bitlis.

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Turkish Earthquake 2011: Hundreds Feared Dead After Powerful Earthquake Rocks Eastern Turkey

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A powerful earthquake, registered at magnitude 7.2 on the Richter scale, has possibly killed hundreds of people in Eastern Turkey Sunday morning, with officials estimating that as many as 1,000 people may have actually been killed.

The earthquake struck at 10:41 in the morning local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and was centered in the city of Van, Turkey.

Reuters has reported, citing officials and eyewitnesses, that possibly 1,000 people were feared dead and that dozens of buildings collapsed during the quake, knocking down phone and power lines in the southeast region of the country.

News reports, video footage and images have shown rescue workers trying to free people trapped beneath the rubble in Van as well as in surrounding areas, some located near Turkey's border with Iran.

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Hundreds dead as quake shakes eastern Turkey

Desperate survivors dug into the rubble with their bare hands, trying to rescue the trapped and injured

ISTANBUL ? More than 200 people were killed in the 7.2 magnitude quake that devastated parts of eastern Turkey, Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin told reporters early Monday.

Overseeing emergency operations in Ercis, one the worst hit towns, Sahin said 117 people were confirmed dead in Ercis and 100 in Van city, the provincial capital. A total of 1,090 people were known to have been injured by the quake Sunday afternoon, he said. Officials say hundreds of people remained unaccounted for and rescue teams were working through the night looking for survivors beneath the rubble.

As a cold night fell, survivors and emergency workers battled to pull hundreds of people believed to be buried under debris in Van and Ercis, where a student dormitory collapsed.

Residents in Van joined in a frantic search, using hands and shovels and working under floodlights and flashlights, hearing voices of people buried alive calling from under mounds of broken concrete in pitch darkness and freezing temperatures.

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http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45005.../t/hundreds-dead-quake-shakes-eastern-turkey/
 
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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/40_35.php

Earthquake List for 10-degree Map Centered at 35?N, 40?E

Update time = Mon Oct 24 02:00:01 UTC 2011

Here is a list of the earthquakes located by the USGS and contributing networks for the 10-degree Map Centered at 35?N, 40?E. Most recent events are at the top. (Some early events may be obscured by later ones on the map.) Click on the date portion of an earthquake record in the list below for more information.

<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=1><TBODY><TR><TH></TH><TH align=middle>MAG </TH><TH align=middle>UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s
</TH><TH align=middle>LAT
deg
</TH><TH align=middle>LON
deg
</TH><TH align=middle>DEPTH
km
</TH><TH>Region</TH></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>4.2</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/24 00:50:48 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.448</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.520 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>11.2 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>4.3</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 23:34:42 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.397</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.601 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>11.3 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>4.8</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 22:21:31 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.540</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.149 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>9.9 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>6.0</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 20:45:37 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.555</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.161 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>9.8 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>4.5</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 19:48:56 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.530</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.253 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>12.2 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>4.5</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 19:43:27 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.393</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.285 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>17.7 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>4.8</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 19:06:07 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.757</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.314 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>10.0 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>4.9</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 18:53:50 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.601</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.374 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>21.6 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>4.6</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 18:27:02 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.383</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.642 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>24.6 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>5.1</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 18:10:46 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.592</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.187 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>9.6 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>4.2</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 16:38:47 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.644</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.447 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>8.3 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>4.6</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 16:05:10 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.633</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.600 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>9.7 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>4.6</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 15:58:00 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.532</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.308 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>23.2 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>4.8</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 15:24:30 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.478</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.243 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>14.8 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>4.0</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 14:52:50 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.518</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.270 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>20.7 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>4.4</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 13:17:03 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.622</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.666 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>10.0 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>4.2</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 13:06:50 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.370</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.497 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>17.0 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>4.5</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 12:56:47 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.670</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.487 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>10.3 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>4.4</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 12:42:11 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.428</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.368 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>12.5 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>4.6</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 12:03:10 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.575</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.355 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>13.2 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>5.6</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 11:32:40 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.696</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.403 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>17.5 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>4.9</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 11:10:51 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.415</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.154 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>9.3 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>5.6</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 10:56:50 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.668</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.332 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>20.4 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>7.2</TD><TD noWrap align=middle>2011/10/23 10:41:21 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>38.628</TD><TD noWrap align=right>43.486 </TD><TD noWrap align=right>20.0 </TD><TD>EASTERN TURKEY</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Back to 10-degree Map Centered at 35?N, 40?E

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/40_35_eqs.php
 
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Report: Death toll rises to 217 after massive earthquake in Turkey

From Yesim Comert, CNN

October 24, 2011

Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- Battling near-freezing temperatures and darkness, rescue workers and residents in eastern Turkey early Monday scoured the wreckage wrought by the country's most-powerful earthquake in more than a decade, hoping to find survivors.

They used flashlights, shovels, heavy machinery and their hands to lift the debris, and climbed over collapsed buildings in search of victims.

At least 217 people were killed in Sunday's quake, said Turkish Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin, the Anatolian news agency reported Monday. The previous official toll was 138.

Another 350 people were injured in the quake, which the U.S. Geological Survey said had a magnitude of 7.2.

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The Van weather forecast for Thursday and Friday shows night time temperatures dropping another 6 degrees down to 37F. It will be difficult for buried survivors to not get hypothermia.

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Japan Offers Aid to Turkey: Govt Spokesman

Tokyo, Oct. 24 (Jiji Press)--Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said Monday that Japan has told Turkey through diplomatic channels that it is ready to extend emergency assistance to the country, which was hit by a major earthquake Sunday.
Fujimura said the Turkish government responded that relief aid from other nations is not necessary at the moment.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102400390 survival rate....

Noda Offers Relief Aid to Quake-Hit Turkey

Tokyo, Oct. 24 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda told Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday that Japan is ready to do all it can to assist the country following the massive earthquake there.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102400695

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Turkish Red Crescent has delivered 5,000 tents to Ercis

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan flew to Van to assess the scale of the disaster. Erdogan said he feared for the fate of villages with houses made of mud brick, saying: "Almost all buildings in such villages are destroyed."

A Reuters journalist who visited around 20 villages north of Van a day after the quake reported that most had no tents.

http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/homeless-turkish-quake-survivors-crammed-in-tents-4482314
 
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A television reporter stated that 970 buildings had collapsed. My heartfelt condolences to all affected.
 
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Death toll in Turkish quake rises to 366 - crisis centre

25 Oct 2011

Source: Reuters // Reuters

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Rescue workers try to save people trapped under debris after an earthquake in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van, October 24, 2011. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

ISTANBUL, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The death toll in an earthquake which shook southeast Turkey on Sunday has risen to 366, with 1,301 people injured, the Disaster and Emergency Administration said in a statement on Tuesday.

It also said 2,262 buildings collapsed in the quake, which struck Van province on Sunday afternoon with a magnitude of 7.2. The crisis centre said overnight the death toll was at 279.

Alertnet
 
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Source: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usb0006cuc.php

Magnitude 5.7 - EASTERN TURKEY
2011 October 25 14:55:07 UTC

Earthquake Details

* This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude 5.7
Date-Time

* Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 14:55:07 UTC
* Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 05:55:07 PM at epicenter

Location 38.798?N, 43.564?E
Depth 7.3 km (4.5 miles)
Region EASTERN TURKEY
Distances

* 37 km (23 miles) NNE (25?) from Van, Turkey
* 113 km (70 miles) SSE (157?) from Karakose (Agri), Turkey
* 131 km (81 miles) WNW (283?) from Khvoy, Iran
* 174 km (108 miles) SSW (208?) from YEREVAN, Armenia

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 11.9 km (7.4 miles); depth +/- 5.4 km (3.4 miles)
Parameters NST=320, Nph=322, Dmin=70.1 km, Rmss=0.7 sec, Gp= 22?,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=2
Source

* Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID usb0006cuc
 
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25 October 2011 Last updated at 09:25 ET

Turkey earthquake: Death toll rises to 432

The death toll from an earthquake in eastern Turkey has risen to 432 people, officials said, as rescue teams raced to find survivors beneath the rubble.

At least 1,352 others were injured in Sunday's disaster, officials said.

Three generations of the same family - a two-week-old baby girl, her mother and grandmother - have been found alive by rescue workers.
Meanwhile, thousands of homeless people in the cities of Van and Ercis slept in tents or outside for a second night.

Baby Azra Karaduman survived for almost 48 hours before she was found by rescue workers.

Hours later, her mother, Semiha, was pulled from the flattened building, where she had been pinned next to a sofa, the AP news agency reports.

"I am so excited. What can I say? Let God help them," the child's other grandmother, Sevim Yigit, told Reuters news agency.

The baby's father is still missing, although he was thought to be alive hours earlier.

More...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15440505
 
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Japan seeks to repay Turkey / Okayama-based NGO sending medical staff to quake-struck area

Remembering the support provided by the Turkish government and people after the Great East Japan Earthquake, many people in the disaster-struck Tohoku region are deeply concerned about the magnitude-7.2 earthquake in eastern Turkey, and a Japan-based nongovernmental organization has decided to dispatch medical personnel to the country.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/world/T111024004616.htm

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Japan to Send Relief Supplies to Quake-Hit Turkey

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)--Japan will send up to 30 million yen worth of emergency relief supplies including tents to quake-hit Turkey, the Foreign Ministry has said.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102600172

Many Japanese Offer Return Help to Disaster-Hit Thailand, Turkey

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)--An increasing number of Japanese are offering donations and other forms of assistance to flood-hit Thailand and quake-devastated Turkey, hoping to return support they received from the two countries at the time of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102600621
 
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