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M 4.2 - TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION - 2012-12-23 07:12:33 UTC

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Magnitude	mb 4.2
Region	TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION
Date time	2012-12-23 07:12:33.0 UTC
Location	38.41 N ; 44.91 E
Depth	10 km
Distances	127 km W Tabriz (pop 1,424,641 ; local time 10:42:33.6 2012-12-23) 29 km NE Salmas (pop 81,606 ; local time 10:42:33.6 2012-12-23) 14 km S Khoy (pop 175,370 ; local time 10:42:33.6 2012-12-23)

Source parameters reviewed by a seismologist

More information at:

Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, Earthquake Department Ankara, Turkey

Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran Tehran, Iran

Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute Istanbul, Turkey

International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology Tehran, Iran

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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

1550-00-00	46.4	38.1	7.1	many	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1640-02-27	46.3	38.2	6.1	many	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1641-02-05	46.1	37.9	6.8	12613	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1648-03-31	43.5	38.3	6.7	2000	EASTERN TURKEY
1650-01-04	46.2	38.0	?	many	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1679-06-04	44.7	40.2	6.4	7600	ARMENIA
1696-04-14	43.9	39.1	6.8	many	EASTERN TURKEY
1717-03-12	46.3	38.1	5.9	700	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1721-04-26	46.7	37.9	7.4	40000	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1721-09-26	46.3	38.1	6.0	many	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1727-11-18	46.2	38.0	7.2	77000	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1780-01-08	46.3	38.1	7.4	50000	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
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
1879-03-13	45.5	38.2	?	many	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1881-05-30	43.8	38.6	6.3	95	EASTERN TURKEY
1883-05-03	47.2	37.9	6.2	many	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1903-04-28	42.7	39.1	7.0	3560	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
1931-04-27	46.0	39.4	6.4	390	ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN-IRAN BORD REG
1941-09-10	43.0	39.5	6.0	500	EASTERN TURKEY
1945-07-29	43.3	38.5	?	300	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

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

European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre

M 4.2 - TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION - 2012-12-23 07:12:33 UTC

I felt this earthquake