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In 1999 a devastating 74 magnitude earthquake hit izmit in western turkey leaving more than 17000 people dead including about 1000 in the countrys largest city istanbul.

Turkey news mosque greece earthquake video. View the latest earthquakes on the interactive map above displaying the magnitude location depth and the event time. Map of earthquakes in turkey 1900 2017. Turkey sits on top of two major fault lines and earthquakes are frequent.

Earthquakes are common in turkey as it sits on top of two major fault lines. Two strong earthquakes struck northwest turkey in 1999 killing around 18000 people. A magnitude 60 earthquake killed 51.

Turkeys disaster and emergency management presidency said fridays earthquake was centered in the aegean at a depth of 165 kilometers 103 miles and registered at a 66 magnitude. Map of plate boundaries affecting turkey. Just 1 hour and 37 minutes ago in the afternoon on friday 23 october at 408 pm local time a 35 magnitude earthquake struck near the town of vitina bosnia herzegovina with a recorded depth of 5 km below the surface considered very shallow in seismological terms.

Tremors were also felt in. This list is incomplete. Fridays quake struck at about 2055 local time 1755 gmt.

This is a list of earthquakes in turkey including any notable historical earthquakes that have epicenters within the current boundaries of turkey or which caused significant effects in this area. Earthquakes are common in turkey about 17000 people died in a quake in the western city of izmit in 1999. Emsc european mediterranean seismological centre provides real time earthquake information for seismic events with magnitude larger than 5 in the european mediterranean area and larger.

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About 17000 people died in a massive earthquake in the western city of izmit in 1999.