Magnitude 6.7 Ms Areas affected Turkey
Bingöl Casualties 1,000 | Depth 3 km Max. intensity VIII (Severe) | |
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Date 22 May 1971 (1971-05-22) | ||
The 1971 Bingöl earthquake occurred at 18:43 local time (16:43 UTC) on 22 May. It had a magnitude of 6.7 on the surface wave magnitude scale and a maximum intensity of VIII (Severe) on the Mercalli intensity scale, killing about 1,000 people.
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1971 Bingöl earthquake Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA