[Dave K]

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit 35 km northeast of the Turkish city of Van on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
The earthquake at 1041 GMT was 94.5 km deep, it said. Van is close to the Iranian border.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/report-7-6-earthquake-hits-eastern-turkey-1.391515

[Chacor]

Looks like the depth of the earthquake has been misreported - the USGS incident page is showing a 7.2 km depth. Magnitude adjusted down to 7.3.

[Bazmundo]

Lots of different reports of depth atm, some at 10km: http://www.emsc-csem...e.php?id=239856

[Chris Alder]

This a bad region for a mid 7 mag quake, reasonable population and poor construction only leads to result.

[Bazmundo]

Canaries seismos picked it up at 1050z, other locations worlwide attached.

Edit - UK locations helicorders picked it up also (select Long Period), can't say I felt anything.

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[Dave K]

Has been revised down again to 7.2

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2011/usb0006bqc/

[Bazmundo]

Think you're right Chris, there are a lot of reports/videos of large residential buildings having collapsed. So far 60 fatalities but estimates at 1,000.

[Bazmundo]

A M5.6 but only 5km deep, according to preliminary estimates.

USGS Report
USGS quake list
Rapid Earthquake Viewer

[Ian Williams]

A magnitude-5.6 earthquake has killed at least three people in eastern Turkey, and trapped many more under collapsed buildings, reports say.

About 20 buildings have collapsed, including a six-storey hotel in the city of Van, where dozens of aid workers and journalists were staying.

The quake hit at 21:23 (19:23 GMT) and was centred 16km south of Van.




http://www.bbc.co.uk...europe-15668071

[ldavidcooke]

Hey All,

AP reporting another quake in Eastern Turkey, suggesting a relatively shallow 5.2...

[Bazmundo]

Report from the USGS is 10km deep, as is the EMSC, with more than hourly ~M3 aftershocks of similar or shallower depths since.