1999 Düzce earthquake

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1999 Düzce earthquake

Date	November 12, 1999 (1999-11-12)
Magnitude	7.2 Mw
Countries/ regions affected	Turkey
Casualties	894 dead

The Düzce earthquake of 1999 was an earthquake that occurred on 12 November 1999 at 18.57 local time (16.57 UTC} with a moment magnitude of 7.2^[1], causing damage and 894 fatalities in Duzce, Turkey. The epicenter was approx. 100 km (62 mi) to the east of the moment magnitude 7.4^[2] 1999 İzmit earthquake of 17 August, 1999, which killed over 17,000 people.

The earthquake occurred on the North Anatolian Fault.

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