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Elazig

American  
[e-lah-zi] / ɛ lɑˈzɪ /

noun

  1. a city in central Turkey.


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When a quake in January 2020 hit Elazig, north-east of Monday's disaster zone, geological engineer Prof Naci Gorur of Istanbul Technical University realised the risk.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2023

An example of such a quake occurred in 2020, when the magnitude 6.7 Elazig earthquake struck along a north-central part of the East Anatolian fault, just northeast of the sections that ruptured Monday.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2023

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit neighboring Elazig province in January 2020, killing 41 people and injuring more than 1,600.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2022

Various seismic monitoring centers reported magnitudes ranging from 6.5 to 6.8 for the earthquake, which hit Friday at 8:55 p.m. near the Elazig province town of Sivrice.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2020

In 2010, a magnitude 6 earthquake killed 51 in Elazig.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2020

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