Origin time 00:27 UTC Depth 15 km (9.3 mi) Areas affected Turkey | Magnitude 6.4 Mw Type Strike-slip | |
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Date 1 May 2003 (2003-05-01) | ||
The 2003 Bingöl earthquake hit eastern Turkey with a moment magnitude of 6.4 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent) on 1 May at 03:27 local time. The epicenter of this strike-slip earthquake was in Bingöl Province, 15 km north of Bingöl. At least 177 people were killed, and 625 buildings collapsed or suffered heavy damage in the affected region. Eighty-four of the fatalities occurred when a dormitory block collapsed in a boarding school in Celtiksuyu.
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2003 Bingöl earthquake Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA