Türkiye Jeoloji Bülteni

On The Epicenter Map Of Turkey And Surrounding Area

Abstract: The earthquakes ,and epicenters of Turkey have been studied by severalauthors ,and there are numerous publications on the subject. The epicentermap here presented shows the epicenters of all earthquakes, for which thereexist records, historical / instrumental, within the period 11 A. D. to theend of 1964. The earthquakes are designated according to their magnitude ,and focal depth. Another map of epicenters covering the period between26 December 1939 (the great Erzincan earthquake) to the end of 1964 wasalso prepared (not given here), which shows quite a similarity in the distribution of epicenters, except a few local differences.