| type = Strike-slip [1]
| affected = Turkey
| damage =
| intensity = IX (Violent) [5]
| pga = .55g [5]
| tsunami =
| landslide = Yes [5]
| foreshocks =
| aftershocks =
| casualties = 177 killed, 520 injured [1]
}}The 2003 Bingöl earthquake hit eastern Turkey with a moment magnitude of 6.4 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent) on 1 May at {{tooltip|03:27 local time|00:27 UTC}}. The epicenter of this strike-slip earthquake was in Bingöl Province, 15 km north of Bingöl. At least 177 people were killed, and 625 buildings collapsed or suffered heavy damage in the affected region. Eighty-four of the fatalities occurred when a dormitory block collapsed in a boarding school in Celtiksuyu.[1]
See also
- List of earthquakes in 2003
- List of earthquakes in Turkey
References
1. ^{{cite news|author=BBC|title= Quake headteacher speaks of ordeal|work=BBC News|date=May 4, 2003|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2999429.stm}}
2. ^1 2 3 {{citation|title=PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog|url=ftp://hazards.cr.usgs.gov/web/data/pager/catalogs/|author=USGS|date=September 4, 2009|publisher=United States Geological Survey|series=Version 2008_06.1}}
3. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title=M6.4 - eastern Turkey|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000bwbc#general_summary|author=USGS|publisher=United States Geological Survey}}