2020_Bingöl_earthquake

2020 Bingöl earthquake

2020 Bingöl earthquake

Earthquake in Turkey

The 2020 Bingöl earthquake occurred at 17:24 local time (14:24 UTC) on 14 June in Bingöl, Turkey.[1] The magnitude of the earthquake was determined to be 5.8 Mw. The earthquake's epicentre was close to the Kaynarpınar village in Karlıova, Bingöl and felt in the neighbouring provinces of Erzurum, Diyarbakır, Elazığ and Muş. 392 aftershocks were detected following the earthquake, with the largest being a 5.5 Mw  event.[2]

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Damage

The earthquake caused damage in Kaynarpınar village of Karlıova and Elmalı and Dinarbey villages of Yedisu. 10 houses in Elmalı and Dinarbey collapsed and injured 21 people while a police station in Kaynarpınar collapsed killing 1 village guard.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Son Depremler". 2020-06-16. Archived from the original on 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  2. [2]
    Güneş |, Tarafından Yavuz. "14 HAZİRAN 2020 KAYNARPINAR-KARLIOVA-BİNGÖL DEPREMİ - B.Ü. KRDAE Bölgesel Deprem-Tsunami İzleme ve Değerlendirme Merkezi" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  3. [3]
    "Bingöl'de 5.8 şiddetinde deprem". Yeni Çağ Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2020-06-14. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  4. [4]
    "Bingöl'de deprem: Bir güvenlik görevlisi hayatını kaybetti". euronews (in Turkish). 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
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