March 8, 2010 Earthquake: Okcular, Yukari Demirci, Elazig Province, Turkey

Reference #1053:

At least 51 people killed, 100 injured and 3,500 displaced, 287 buildings destroyed and 700 heavily damaged in the

Basyurt-Demirci-Kovancilar-Okcular area. Felt (VI) at

Elazig, (V) at Diyarbakir, (IV) at Gaziantep and Siirt, (III) at Erzurum and (II) at Ankara and Trabzon. Felt widely in eastern Turkey. Felt (III) at Mosul, Iraq. Also felt at Arbil and Sinjar. Felt (II) at Aleppo, Syria. Also felt at Al Qamishli, Manbij, Nubl and Ra's al `Ayn.

Reference #6855:

A strong, pre-dawn earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 51 people as it knocked down stone and mud-brick houses and minarets in at least six villages, the government said. The Kandilli seismology center said the 6.0-magnitude quake hit at 4:32 a.m. near the village of Basyurt in a remote, sparsely populated area of Elazig province. The region is 340 miles east of Ankara, the capital. The government initially put the death toll at 57 but later lowered it to 51 with no explanation. In addition to the deaths, 34 people were being treated for injuries, Turkey's crisis center said. The worst-hit area was the village of Okcular, where 19 of the village's 900 residents were killed. Another 13 people were killed in the nearby village of Yukari Demirci, Gov. Muammer Erol said, adding that by noon everyone had been removed from the rubble.