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Strong earthquake shakes Turkey on December 4

Fri, Dec 04 2009 11:04 CET

byNick Iliev

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Strong earthquake shakes Turkey on December 4

Photo: Valentina Petrova

A strong earthquake hit southwestern Turkey on December 4 2009 at 08:02:25 AM local time, world media reported.

The United States Geological Survey has said that the magnitude of the tremor was 5.2 on the Richter scale, while Bulgarian media says it was 4.9.

The epicenter of the tremor was triangulated at 30km northwest of Denizli, 90km east of Aydin, 95km north-northeast of Mugla, and 410 km west-southwest of Ankara.

As yet, there are no reports of damage to homes and infrastructure or of casualties.

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Anonymous father Mon, Dec 14 2009 18:49 CET
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your cool stephen lil weirdo

Anonymous Aries Sun, Dec 06 2009 00:27 CET
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In Greece we start worrying from 5.5 onward
4.9 piece of cake .

Anonymous Isaiah (jesus) Sat, Dec 05 2009 02:08 CET
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Allah Hu Akbar

Anonymous guntur Fri, Dec 04 2009 19:48 CET
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Allahu Akbar

Anonymous guntur Fri, Dec 04 2009 19:44 CET
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it happens again..

Anonymous stephen persaud Fri, Dec 04 2009 12:11 CET
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electro magnetic flutuations are being monitored by planetary scientists, Geo physicists and Astro physicists are having to re evaluate their outmoded theories...


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