M 7.1 - 27 km NNE of Van, Turkey

At least 604 people killed, 2,608 injured, 40,000 displaced, 5,739 buildings destroyed and 4,882 damaged in the Ercis-Tabanli-Van area. Telecommunications, electricity and water services disrupted. Surface faulting and liquefaction observed. Felt (VIII) at Van; (VII) at Bitlis; (VI) at Tatvan; (V) at Dogubayazit and Kars; (IV) at Diyarbakir, Erzincan and Erzurum. Felt throughout eastern Turkey and as far west as Antioch, Kayseri and Samsun. Felt (VI) at Khvoy and (III) at Orumiyeh and Tabriz, Iran; (V) at Mosul and (IV) at Baghdad and Dahuk, Iraq; (IV) at Gyumri and Spitak and (III) at Yerevan, Armenia; (IV) at Barda and Ganca and (III) at Baku, Azerbaijan; (IV) at Batumi and (III) at Tbilisi, Georgia; (IV) at Aleppo and (III) at Damascus, Syria; (II) at Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel and at Rostov, Russia. Felt in much of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Syria, northwestern Iran and northern Iraq and in parts of Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and southwestern Russia.