7.2 quake in Turkey

[cycloneye]

I will try to get more info later about damage and casualties if they occured.

[GCANE]

Update: USGS has revised his Pager map based on their new seismological data (7.2 @ 20 km). This has reduced the median loss of life expected through PAGER from around 14000 to 10000.

Update: There have been deaths. The first deaths have been reported, however, it is likely that there is much more to come unfortunately.

Update : Buildings in Tabanli have collapsed. Generally, at this point, citizens are the ones who have to save trapped people. Where masonry is involved this is generally much easier than concrete buildings which need machinery.

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IvJCn92O5g[/youtube]

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTRN_G48WuI[/youtube]

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go-Ua--6hwU[/youtube]

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The Associated Press

BREAKING: Deputy PM says quake collapsed around 45 buildings in eastern Turkey

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/ ... 3-08-37-52

[GCANE]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzIvNVVmyRs&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

[WeatherGuesser]

Reports of at least 60 dead so far.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/mid ... story.html

Business Week is saying possibly 1,000

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-1 ... homes.html

[HurricaneBill]

Turkey has a long and deadly history with earthquakes.

Turkey
•1668 08 17 - Anatolia, Turkey - M 8.0 Fatalities 8,000
•1899 09 20 - Menderes Valley, Turkey - M 6.9 Fatalities 1,100
•1901 12 18 - Ayvalik, Turkey (Ottoman Empire) - M 5.9
•1903 04 28 - Turkey - M 7.0 Fatalities 3,500
•1903 05 28 - Gole, Turkey (Ottomon Empire) - M 5.8 Fatalities 1,000
•1912 08 09 - Murefte, Turkey (Ottoman Empire) - M 7.8 Fatalities 2,800
•1914 10 03 - Burdur, Turkey (Ottoman Empire) - M 7.0 Fatalities 4,000
•1939 12 26 - Erzincan, Turkey - M 7.8 Fatalities 32,700
•1942 11 26 - Turkey - M 7.6 Fatalities 4,000
•1942 12 20 - Erbaa, Turkey - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,100
•1943 11 26 - Ladik, Turkey - M 7.6 Fatalities 4,000
•1944 02 01 - Gerede, Turkey - M 7.4 Fatalities 2,790
•1946 05 31 - Ustukran, Turkey - M 5.9 Fatalities 1,300
•1949 08 17 - Erzurum, Turkey - M 6.8 Fatalities 320
•1951 08 13 - Kursunlu, Turkey - M 6.7 Fatalities 50
•1953 03 18 - Yenice-Gonen, Turkey - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,073
•1957 04 25 - Fethiye, Turkey - M 7.1 Fatalities 15
•1957 05 26 - Bolu Province, Turkey - M 7.1 Fatalities 66
•1964 10 06 - Western Turkey - M 7.0 Fatalities 36
•1965 06 13 - Denizli, Turkey - M 5.4 Fatalities 2
•1966 08 19 - Varto, Turkey - M 6.8 Fatalities 2,529
•1967 07 22 - Mudurnu Valley, Turkey - M 7.3 Fatalities 173
•1968 09 03 - Bartin, Turkey - M 6.6 Fatalities 24
•1969 03 28 - Alasehir, Turkey - M 6.4 Fatalities 11
•1970 03 28 - Gediz, Turkey - M 6.9 Fatalities 1,086
•1971 05 12 - Western Turkey - M 6.3
•1971 05 22 - Eastern Turkey - M 6.9 Fatalities 1,000
•1975 09 06 - Turkey - M 6.7 Fatalities 2,000
•1983 10 30 - Turkey - M 6.9 Fatalities 1,342
•1999 08 17 - Izmit, Turkey - M 7.6 Fatalities 17,118
•1999 11 12 - Duzce, Turkey - M 7.2 Fatalities 894
•2002 02 03 - Turkey - M 6.5 Fatalities 44
•2003 01 27 - Turkey - M 6.1
•2003 05 01 - Eastern Turkey - M 6.4 Fatalities 177
•2004 07 01 - Eastern Turkey - M 5.1 Fatalities 18
•2010 03 08 - Eastern Turkey - M 6.1 Fatalities 51

[Nightwatch]

260+ deaths, 1300 injured

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMNm0ALV6AM&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

[GCANE]

Understanding the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in East Turkey (October 23, 2011)

http://earthquake-report.com/2011/10/24 ... r-23-2011/

[GCANE]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA90yN35KIA[/youtube]

[Nightwatch]

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish seismologists fear that the earthquakes that hit the province of Van on October 23 can cause eruption of Nemrut volcano located northwards of Lake Van.

Mt. Nemrut is near Tatvan, a small town in the eastern Anatolian province of Bitlis. The mountain rises from the southwestern shore of Lake Van, and enters the district of Ahlat to the north.

At least 217 were killed and more than 1,000 people injured when a powerful earthquake struck Turkey, collapsing dozens of buildings and pulling down phone and power lines in the southeast of the country, officials and witnesses said. More than 1,000 people are feared killed in the earthquake.

Another magnitude 6.1 earthquake, which was the second to rock the country in the past 24 hours, was registered about 20 km (12 miles) from the city of Van at the depth of some 10 km (6.2 miles).

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/816 ... o_eruption

[HurricaneBill]

Nemrut Volcano (not to be confused with Mt. Nemrut, the mountain).

It last erupted in 1692.

[StormingB81]

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/10/27 ... latestnews

wow!!!! Teen rescued after 91 hours!!!