Strong Earthquake Shakes Eastern Turkey

Las Vegas Sun ^ | March 14, 2005 at 0:41:33 PST | ASSOCIATED PRESS

[Valin]

I'm puzzled as to why you find any significance to such trivial and inconsequential earthquakes?

It ain't if you're there.

[bd476]

Sydney Morning Herald:

Quake topples buildings in Turkey

March 14, 2005 - 8:19PM

A strong earthquake shook eastern Turkey, injuring at least 11 people and toppling buildings already damaged by a tremblor that struck the area two days ago, authorities said.

The earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 was centred in rural Bingol province at struck at 3.55am (1235 AEDT), toppling several buildings that had been badly damaged in Saturday's magnitude 5.7 temblor, officials said.

Authorities said there no reports of any deaths, but Erkan Capar, a senior local official, told the Anatolia news agency that at least 11 people sustained injuries.

Two women who had been trapped in rubble were rescued and taken to the hospital, the Anatolia news agency reported.

"A great deal of destruction is out of (the) question, but we have determined that some animals were killed," Capar said, adding some empty village buildings had collapsed.

"Our teams have begun combing through villages. So far, there's nothing serious."

Television footage showed panicked residents huddling around fires outside to keep warm in the in the snow covered area.

Scores of people have people have been staying in tents since Saturday's quake and authorities were distributing more tents.

Bingol is 700km east of Ankara.

Saturday's earthquake injured 16 people and damaged more than 200 buildings, according to the prime minister's office.

Earthquakes are frequent in Turkey, which lies atop active fault lines. Two massive quakes killed some 18,000 people in 1999.

A magnitude 6.4 quake in Bingol killed 177 people in 2003.

Quake topples buildings in Turkey

[Esther Ruth]

I am so glad these earthquakes are posted on FR! I get all my news from internet and radio. Our family knows a lot of people all over the world, we pray for them, support their ministry, so this news is very important. If we don't know someone specifically in these areas, we know of someone else who does and we forward the news to them. We need to know of these things so we can pray for these people, whether it is a dozen people who have been hurt or hundreds. We need to pray for the doctors and health care workers who may be on their way there quickly to help. The internet is SUCH a blessing (such an understatement!). Do you believe in the power of prayer? You can say a prayer for those involved when you see these threads and maybe forward the news to someone you may know who has family of friend in the area affected.

[Boot Hill]

"It ain't [trivial] if you're there."

In the 55+ years I've lived here in California I've experienced so many moderate earthquakes (5.0-5.9) that I lost count long ago. Trust me, they are trivial.

--Boot Hill

[Boot Hill]

"I am so glad these earthquakes are posted on FR!"

If we were talking about earthquakes that were of any consequence, I'd agree with you. However, these earthquakes are trivial.

--Boot Hill

[Darksheare]

Recently there has been correlation between earthquakes and nearby active or dormant volcanos.
(Davidson seamount and Mt St Helens for example, both showing fairly good tremors and active volcanic activity.)

Offhand I am unsure of any volcanos near that section of Turkey.

And Turkey is pretty active earthuake wise to begin with anyway.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The construction over there ( or the nature of the quake ) doesn't handle even Trivial earthquakes very well, as evidenced by this one.

I posted it , because there seems to be a lot of interest since the Great Tsunami, and concern about the (supposedly) sudden increase in earthquakes, even near the North Pole,... imagine that.


As you well know the earth rumbles all the time, there was even one recently in eastern Canada in the St; Laurence Valley area.