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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.
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 ...
1 kwi 1997 · 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).
10 gru 2016 · In total, 1964 active fault base maps were transferred into Geographic Information System (GIS) environment to create an active fault database of Turkey. The database includes basic information such as fault and segment name, activity class, type, length, trend, and attitude of fault plane.
20 kwi 2018 · This could also explain why the Erzincan city was relocated to the North after the 1939 event. Yet, after 53 years, the 1992 Erzincan (Mw = 6.6) earthquake occurred on NAFZ, this time close to the current city center, causing again widespread damage and losses.
The 1992 earthquake occurred in between the 1939 and 1784 rupture zones, a situation that enhances its interest. The NAF-1 was decoupled by normal faulting from the NAF-2, as shown by the total absence of aftershocks in the 1784 gap.
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.
