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M 4.2 - EASTERN TURKEY - 2012-08-31 14:14:49 UTC

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Magnitude	ML 4.2
Region	EASTERN TURKEY
Date time	2012-08-31 14:14:49.0 UTC
Location	39.51 N ; 40.02 E
Depth	5 km
Distances	355 km NE Gaziantep (pop 1,065,975 ; local time 17:14:49.0 2012-08-31) 51 km SE Erzincan (pop 114,027 ; local time 17:14:49.0 2012-08-31) 35 km SE Üzümlü (pop 39,591 ; local time 17:14:49.0 2012-08-31) 11 km E Pülümür (pop 1,759 ; local time 17:14:49.0 2012-08-31)

Source parameters provided by:

Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute -- Istanbul, Turkey (KAN)

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Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, Earthquake Department Ankara, Turkey

Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute Istanbul, Turkey

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Regional instrumental seismicity

This seismicity maps have been generated by concatenating the ISC catalogue (since 1964), the EMSC Euro-Med Bulletin catalogue and the EMSC Real Time catalogue. Therefore, they show the seismicity from 1964 until the earthquake occurrence.

Regional deadly earthquakes from 1500 to 2000

Date

Long.

Lat.

Mag.

Death

Location

1444-00-00	42.2	38.6	?	30000	EASTERN TURKEY
1458-04-00	40.4	39.9	7.6	32000	EASTERN TURKEY
1458-11-08	40.4	39.9	?	100	EASTERN TURKEY
1481-03-00	40.4	39.9	7.7	3000	EASTERN TURKEY
1482-00-00	40.4	39.9	?	30000	EASTERN TURKEY
1584-06-17	39.0	40.0	6.6	many	EASTERN TURKEY
1660-00-00	41.3	40.0	6.5	1500	EASTERN TURKEY
1705-01-27	41.7	38.7	6.7	many	EASTERN TURKEY
1784-07-18	39.5	39.7	7.6	5000	EASTERN TURKEY
1789-05-29	40.0	39.0	7.0	51000	EASTERN TURKEY
1859-05-21	41.5	40.0	?	500	EASTERN TURKEY
1859-06-02	41.0	40.0	6.4	2000	EASTERN TURKEY
1866-06-20	41.0	38.5	6.8	many	EASTERN TURKEY
1875-03-27	39.5	38.5	6.7	many	EASTERN TURKEY
1893-03-02	38.3	38.0	7.1	885	EASTERN TURKEY
1893-03-31	38.5	38.3	7.0	1500	EASTERN TURKEY
1903-05-03	41.5	38.7	4.9	many	EASTERN TURKEY
1905-12-04	38.6	38.1	6.8	many	EASTERN TURKEY
1924-05-13	42.0	40.0	5.3	50	EASTERN TURKEY
1924-09-13	42.1	40.0	6.8	30	EASTERN TURKEY
1924-09-20	41.3	40.0	?	60	EASTERN TURKEY
1924-12-19	39.7	41.0	?	210	EASTERN TURKEY
1929-05-18	37.9	40.2	6.4	64	CENTRAL TURKEY
1939-12-26	38.2	40.1	7.8	32700	EASTERN TURKEY
1946-05-31	41.5	40.0	6.0	1300	EASTERN TURKEY
1949-08-17	40.9	39.4	6.7	320	EASTERN TURKEY
1952-01-03	41.7	39.9	6.0	103	EASTERN TURKEY
1952-06-03	39.5	39.8	?	94	EASTERN TURKEY
1966-08-19	41.6	39.2	6.8	2517	EASTERN TURKEY
1966-08-20	40.9	39.3	5.4	25	EASTERN TURKEY
1967-07-26	40.4	39.5	6.0	110	EASTERN TURKEY
1971-05-22	40.5	38.8	7.0	995	EASTERN TURKEY
1975-09-06	40.7	38.5	6.7	2370	EASTERN TURKEY
1977-03-25	40.0	38.6	5.2	30	EASTERN TURKEY
1983-10-30	42.2	40.3	6.9	1400	EASTERN TURKEY
1992-03-13	39.6	39.7	6.8	652	EASTERN TURKEY

Source: T. Utsu ; International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology; vol. A; 691-718

European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre

M 4.2 - EASTERN TURKEY - 2012-08-31 14:14:49 UTC

I felt this earthquake