Devastating Magnitude 7.2 Earthquake Hits Eastern Turkey Near Iran -- Report

UPDATE II:

"Up to 1,000 feared dead after powerful quake devastates eastern Turkey" (scroll down for story on page)
http://bit.ly/oJ7qJC

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UPDATE: There are reports of deaths coming in from witnesses and officials.

Link: (includes photos)
http://bit.ly/mUCSBR

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Powerful 7.3 earthquake strikes eastern Turkey on Sunday, October 23, 2011. Reports say that there are people trapped in or under a building in the city of Van, Turkey at this time. We will post more information here as soon as it comes in.

The quake is being reported variously as the following magnitudes: 7.6; 7.3; 7.2; and 6.6. We are not sure which is the correct earthquake strength at this time (Update: It seems that the media has settled on the figure of 7.2 as the strength of the earthquake).


PLEASE NOTE: The image used in this video is not from today's earthquake. There was no image of today's earthquake that was available to be used when we made this video. Thank you.


Read more about this story and see a map of the location the earthquake is affecting:

"Turkish observatory estimates 500-1,000 killed in earthquake" (includes photo of devastated building)
http://bit.ly/oKMRIb

"Turkey PM's office says life lost in Van earthquake"
http://bit.ly/oRGSun

"POWERFUL QUAKE SHAKES SOUTH-EAST TURKEY, 'MANY DEAD'"
http://bit.ly/r2pgY3

"Van airport has suffered from the earthquake, rescuers could not fly there"
http://bit.ly/r0EPa1

"Earthquake strikes Turkey with 7.2 magnitude, deaths and injuries reported"
http://bit.ly/ovmGLw

"'Many dead' as powerful earthquake shakes eastern Turkey's Van province"
http://on.msnbc.com/qDJJOg

"Turkish Red Crescent sends aid materials to quake zone"
http://bit.ly/pzPIWH

"7.2 quake causes damage, casualties in Turkey"
http://bit.ly/mUCSBR

"Powerful Earthquake Shakes Eastern Turkey"
http://abcn.ws/qDZFko

"Earthquake hits southeastern Turkey with 50 reported injured"
http://bit.ly/oLezyI

Google Maps: Van, Turkey (where two or more buildings have collapsed from the earthquake):
http://bit.ly/qv7XfO

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Photo Credit:

Description: [English version]: No. 117 national highway bridges according to the Yamabe Ojiya. 通Renaku step of the car can become approximately 50cm by the Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake. October 24, 2004, shooting himself. (Ja: Image: Edit images based on the same bridge 1.jpg Yamabe. The picture quality is better here. http://bit.ly/n5FWPp)
Date: October 24, 2004
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Secondary Source: Wikimedia Commons http://bit.ly/n5FWPp
Author: Tubbi http://bit.ly/p6WCVx [author listed in Wikimedia Commons as "利用者:Tubbi"]
Permission/License Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. http://bit.ly/9CazAD

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[Rcee01]

shit another 7

[ConservativeNewMedia]

@Rcee01 Yeah :(

[bbbbbb666b]

Yes i ve read tons of comments posted on Youtube by Americans. But it sounds unscientific. No proof whatsoever. I prefer the scientific approach over the emotional one. I know some ppl attribute them to God. Which is also an interesting stuff to read. .lol. O.O id better stop here. ：）

[ConservativeNewMedia]

@bbbbbb666b Great points. In my experience, there often isn't a lot of scientific proof behind the HAARP claims, either. Reason is better than emotion, for sure. Smart thinking by you! :)

[bbbbbb666b]

Haha. I knew that. But these acivities of Nature have been taking place throughout the history of the Earth. HAARP project was made a couple of decades ago. ..and its impossible to make such a gigantic power to make even for the US. lol. ... there are lots of US bases across the world. Why is it that the US has to attack its own military bases. ? I love reading fancy stories though：）

[ConservativeNewMedia]

@bbbbbb666b lol. I figured you might know, bb, but I wasn't sure so I wanted to put the info out there in case! There are many people who believe that HAARP is behind all kinds of things. Look, I dont know what HAARP does or does not do, but it is a powerful belief many have. :)

[hamdanae12]

you can avoid these earthquakes,just dont visit these countries like turkey,iran,japan,and other countries with disasters like water floods like philipine and and and.

[iLoveNordTheGL]

@jaan404jaan404 It wasn't in the Middle East, It was in the Eastern Turkey.. the Taurus Mountains is the border of the Middle East and the Asia Mainland.. that's why Turkey is not in the M.E. The Anatolia calls "the Asia Minor"

[Dillon1108]

I dont believe HAARP can cause earthquakes, but I DO believe it can modify the weather in bad ways.

[TheComingEvents2012]

@ConservativeNewMedia I was just thinking this if irans the next on the list to be attacked maybe this is a warning to iran.

[TheFatAussieBarstard]

why are ratings disabled?..lol..