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Magnitude 7.2 TURKEY
1999 November 12 16:57:19 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

World Location
Regional Location
Date-Time 1999 11 12 16:57:19 UTC
Location 40.75N 31.16E
Depth 10.0 kilometers
Magnitude 7.2
Region TURKEY
Reference 40 miles (60 km) E of Adapazari (Sakarya), Turkey
Source USGS NEIC

1999 Ismit Turkey Earthquake

NB: The region name is an automatically generated name from the Flinn-Engdahl (F-E) seismic and geographical regionalization scheme. The boundaries of these regions are defined at one-degree intervals and therefore differ from irregular political boundaries. More->

 


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