Erzincan earthquake

Japanese: エルジンジャン地震 - エルジンジャンじしん(英語表記)Erzincan earthquake
Erzincan earthquake
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred near Erzincan in eastern Turkey on March 13, 1992. 554 people were killed, and about half of the buildings in the city were damaged. It was caused by right-lateral slip (→ slip) activity on the North Anatolian Fault (→ fault). In 1939, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred slightly west of the epicenter of this earthquake, killing 32,000 people, and other major earthquakes caused by the same factor have occurred many times in the past.

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Japanese:
1992年3月13日にトルコ東部のエルジンジャン付近で発生したマグニチュード(M)6.8の地震。死者 554人を出し,市内の建物の約半数が被害を受けた。北アナトリア断層(→断層)の右横ずれ(→ずれ)の活動によるもので,1939年には今回の震源地のやや西方で M7.8の地震が発生し 3万2000人の死者を出すなど,過去にも同じ要因による大地震がたびたび起こっていた。

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