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The earthquake in Van Province took place at 13.41 (with local time, GMT+3) on October 23, 2011 with a magnitude of 7.2 in Turkey. The earthquake with an approximate rupture duration of 50s occurred at 43.36 Eastern longitude and 38.75 Northern latitude at a depth of 10–15km below the surface of the earth, triggering an average displacement of 2 m in Northeast–Southwest direction. With Van’s Erciş...