73 km SSW of Van, Turkey / pop: 371,000 / local time: 22:08:28.0 2023-02-07
22 km SE of Bahçesaray, Turkey / pop: 3,700 / local time: 22:08:28.0 2023-02-07
For more information on computation, see the article Bossu et al., 2016:
Thumbnail Based Questionnaires for the Rapid and Efficient Collection of Macroseismic Data from Global Earthquakes, Rémy Bossu, Matthieu Landès, Fréderic Roussel, Robert Steed, Gilles Mazet-Roux, Stacey S. Martin, and Susan Hough. Seismological Research Letter. Oct 2016. doi: 10.1785/0220160120;
Furthermore, to avoid the association with wrong events, we filter testimonies in distance and in intensity depending on the magnitude of the seismic event.
References for tectonic plate boundaries:
Coffin, M.F., Gahagan, L.M., and Lawver, L.A., 1998, Present-day Plate Boundary Digital Data Compilation. University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Technical Report No. 174, pp. 5.
Maps view: Seismicity from the previous 7 days in the area .
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 origin time
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
1696-04-14
43.9
39.1
6.8
many
EASTERN TURKEY
1705-01-27
41.7
38.7
6.7
many
EASTERN TURKEY
1781-00-00
43.0
36.5
6.7
80
IRAQ
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
1866-06-20
41.0
38.5
6.8
many
EASTERN TURKEY
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
1903-04-28
42.7
39.1
7.0
3560
EASTERN TURKEY
1903-05-03
41.5
38.7
4.9
many
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
1949-08-17
40.9
39.4
6.7
320
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
1968-04-29
44.3
39.2
5.6
61
TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION
1975-09-06
40.7
38.5
6.7
2370
EASTERN TURKEY
1976-11-24
44.0
39.1
7.3
3900
TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION
2004-07-01
43.9
39.7
5.1
18
EASTERN TURKEY
2004-07-30
43.9
39.7
4.8
1
EASTERN TURKEY
2005-01-25
43.7
37.6
5.9
2
TURKEY-IRAQ BORDER REGION
2011-10-23
43.4
38.8
7.2
604
EASTERN TURKEY
2011-11-09
43.3
38.4
5.7
40
EASTERN TURKEY
2020-02-23
44.5
38.4
6.0
10
TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION
2020-06-14
40.7
39.4
5.9
1
EASTERN TURKEY
2023-01-28
44.9
38.5
5.9
3
TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION
Source:
From 1500 to 1999: T. Utsu ; International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology; vol. A; 691-718
Testimonies, photos
Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, Earthquake Department (AFAD) Ankara, Turkey
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