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On 13 March 1992, a moment magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck eastern Turkey. It had a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent) and occurred along the North Anatolian Fault. At least 498 people died, roughly 2,000 were injured, and an unknown number of people went missing.
1 kwi 1997 · Summary. The 1992 March 13 Erzincan earthquake (M s = 6.8) affected the Erzincan Basin on the eastern part of the North Anatolian Fault (NAF). This event occurred on the eastern tip of a westward-propagating series of major North Anatolian earthquakes between 1939 and 1967 (Ambraseys 1970).
13 mar 1992 · The epicenter of this earthquake was located 7.7 km from the eastern end of the North Anatolian fault. The strong motions recorded in Erzincan had peak ground accelerations of approximately 0.5 g, accompanied by a pulse of 2 seconds. The duration of the earthquake was 7 seconds.
The 1992 Erzincan, Turkey, earthquake (m b=6.3, M s=6.8) is the largest earthquake that occurred near Erzincan since the devastating earthquake (M s=8) in 1939. It originated in the eastern part of the North Anatolian fault (NAF) and affected a considerable part of the Erzincan basin. The most severe damage
13 mar 1992 · A shallow (15 to 30 km) magnitude (M s) 6.8 earthquake occurred on 13 March 1992 close to Erzincan city in northeast Turkey (Fig. 1). The earthquake caused the deaths of over 500 people together with severe damage to many thousands of properties.
On 13 March 1992, a moment magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck eastern Turkey. It had a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent) and occurred along the North Anatolian Fault. At least 498 people died, roughly 2,000 were injured, and an unknown number of people went missing.
14 mar 1992 · earthquake measuring 6.8 on richter scale hit turkey about 40 kms east of city of erzincan (560 kms east of ankara) on 13 march at 20.19 hrs local time (1719 hrs gmt) preliminary position of ...
