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Turkey earthquakes in 1971

58 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Turkey in 1971. The largest: M6.6 14 km ENE of Bing?l, Turkey, May 22, 1971.

From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.

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Where every quake of 1971 was located in Turkey. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1971

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

The largest

The 25 largest of 1971 in Turkey.

Month by month

Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 19710
February 197155.712 km WNW of İvrindi, Turkey
March 197115.27 km S of Ye?ilova, Turkey
April 197135.222 km NW of Dumlupınar, Turkey
May 1971276.614 km ENE of Bing?l, Turkey
June 197195.54 km SE of Yeşilova, Turkey
July 197135.89 km E of Nurdağı, Turkey
August 197125.115 km SE of Nurdağı, Turkey
September 197155.516 km NNE of Korkuteli, Turkey
October 197125.119 km SSE of Aslanapa, Turkey
November 197115.321 km SSW of Aslanapa, Turkey
December 19710

What this means

The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

Nearby

Turkey nowWorldwide in 1971

Sources

Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.