Turkey: Bingol Earthquake IFRC Information Bulletin No. 1 "A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 Issued 14 March 2005 on the Richter scale hit Karliova town of Bingol, GLIDE: EQ-2005-000036-TUR 12 March 2005. 37 people were slightly injured.

GIRESUN SITUATION Moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 on Ankara GUMSHANE (!^_ ERZURUM Richter scale hit Karliova town of Bingol at 09.36 a.m. on Saturday, 12 March 2005. On 14 March 2005, a series of tremors hit the area, the strongest measuring 5.9 on Richter (! scale. Erzurum Erzincan Affected cities: Erzurum, Diyarbakir, Tunceli, Mus ! ( and Erzincan. Nobody was killed, 37 people ERZINCAN Cat M 5.8 earthquake (! slightly injured. 240 houses damaged in Karliova Depth 25 km town of Bingol and Cat village of Erzurum. Some 14 March 2005 villages cut off from outside world due to heavy 01:56 UTC snowfall. !P Karliova TUNCELI (! ACTION Tunceli Response team and emergency relief items (! BINGOL dispatched by the Turkish Red Crescent to most affected areas: Karliova town of Bingol and Cat Bingol MUS village of Erzurum. (! Relief items include tents, blankets, heating Mus stoves, sleeping bags, food ratio and provisions. (! Regional and local logistics centres of National ELAZIG Society are on high alert and ready for further dispatch. BITLIS No international support requested. Map data source: ESRI, Global Discovery

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SIIRT Diyarbakir (! (! Affected city 0 20 40 60 80 District Km Produced by the ReliefWeb Map Centre Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs The names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. United Nations - 14 March 2005