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M 2.8 - EASTERN TURKEY - 2012-09-07 17:34:02 UTC

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Magnitude	ML 2.8
Region	EASTERN TURKEY
Date time	2012-09-07 17:34:02.0 UTC
Location	38.73 N ; 43.55 E
Depth	5 km
Distances	180 km SW Yerevan (pop 1,093,485 ; local time 22:34:02.4 2012-09-07) 37 km SE Ercis (pop 91,915 ; local time 20:34:02.4 2012-09-07) 30 km NE Van (pop 371,713 ; local time 20:34:02.4 2012-09-07)

Source parameters reviewed by a seismologist

More information at:

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
1648-03-31	43.5	38.3	6.7	2000	EASTERN TURKEY
1660-00-00	41.3	40.0	6.5	1500	EASTERN TURKEY
1679-06-04	44.7	40.2	6.4	7600	ARMENIA
1696-04-14	43.9	39.1	6.8	many	EASTERN TURKEY
1705-01-27	41.7	38.7	6.7	many	EASTERN TURKEY
1707-00-00	43.0	40.4	?	1000s	TURKEY-ARMENIA BORDER REGION
1840-07-02	43.9	39.5	7.4	1000	EASTERN TURKEY
1840-07-15	43.0	39.5	?	many	EASTERN TURKEY
1843-04-18	44.8	38.6	5.9	1000	TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION
1859-05-21	41.5	40.0	?	500	EASTERN TURKEY
1879-03-13	45.5	38.2	?	many	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1881-05-30	43.8	38.6	6.3	95	EASTERN TURKEY
1881-06-07	42.4	38.7	?	95	EASTERN TURKEY
1891-04-03	42.5	39.1	5.5	100	EASTERN TURKEY
1900-07-12	43.1	40.3	5.9	140	TURKEY-ARMENIA BORDER REGION
1903-04-28	42.7	39.1	7.0	3560	EASTERN TURKEY
1903-05-03	41.5	38.7	4.9	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
1930-05-06	44.5	38.0	?	25	TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION
1930-05-06	44.7	38.0	7.3	2514	TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION
1941-09-10	43.0	39.5	6.0	500	EASTERN TURKEY
1945-07-29	43.3	38.5	?	300	EASTERN TURKEY
1946-05-31	41.5	40.0	6.0	1300	EASTERN TURKEY
1952-01-03	41.7	39.9	6.0	103	EASTERN TURKEY
1966-08-19	41.6	39.2	6.8	2517	EASTERN TURKEY
1968-04-29	44.3	39.2	5.6	61	TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION
1976-11-24	44.0	39.1	7.3	3900	TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION
1983-10-30	42.2	40.3	6.9	1400	EASTERN TURKEY

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

European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre

M 2.8 - EASTERN TURKEY - 2012-09-07 17:34:02 UTC

I felt this earthquake