Here is a first person shot from a viewer in Turkey — I’m very glad they are safe ! Thank you for getting this out so the world can see what sort of damage this earthquake caused.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-cclZDH0XI&feature=channel_video_title
Watch the video report of the quake here:
Today, 10/23/2011, a 7.3 strikes eastern Turkey — this is a rather large earthquake for the region.
This quake marks the fourth large quake this past week… two 6.0M and two 7.0M .
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usb0006bqc.php
Earthquake Details This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 7.3
Date-Time Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 10:41:21 UTC Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 01:41:21 PM at epicenter
Location 38.627°N, 43.535°E
Depth 7.2 km (4.5 miles) set by location program
Region EASTERN TURKEY
Distances 19 km (12 miles) NE (43°) from Van, Turkey 116 km (72 miles) N (351°) from Hakkari, Turkey 130 km (81 miles) SSE (161°) from Karakose (Agri), Turkey 192 km (119 miles) SSW (206°) from YEREVAN, Armenia
several links to monitor earthquake activity globally:
http://www.geology.ar.gov/geohazards/ark_seismic_network.htm
http://www.skimountaineer.com/CascadeSki/CascadeWebCams.php?weather=true
http://bigthink.com/ideas/26619
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/LCSN/WebSeis/24hr_heli.pl?id=
http://seismologie.oma.be/index.php?LANG=NL&LEVEL=210
http://www.prsn.uprm.edu/lantex/
http://mbvrc.wwu.edu/index.shtml
http://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/
http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/index-eng.php
http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/stndon/wf-fo/trace_app.php?target=MNTQ.BHZ
http://www.ceme.gsras.ru/ccd.htm
http://www.gsi.go.jp/ENGLISH/index.html
http://www.ga.gov.au/earthquakes/
http://www.knmi.nl/seismologie/aardbevingen-nederland.html
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_mkta/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli_bb_slu/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_nmad/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_athn/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_lnxt/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_mttn/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_ceri/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_uky/
http://quake.crowe.co.nz/Mobile/
http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/
http://www.oe-files.de/gmaps/eqmashup.html
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/
http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/webicorder/
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/anss/
http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/map_sta_eq.shtml
http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/helicorder/heli.html
http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/heli2.shtml
http://download.cnet.com/Earthquake-3D/3000-2054_4-10395116.html
http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/Map/jsmap.php?key=1&typ=world
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/index.php
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/Map/index.php
http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/maps-cartes/index-eng.php
http://www.goandroam.com/webcams/japan/mt_fuji
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/netquakes/
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/netquakes/station/NQ079_NM_01/
http://www.showme.net/~fkeller/quake/maps.htm
http://www.nps.gov/yell/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm
http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/BETTER/pnsn_staweb/index.html
http://www.quake.utah.edu/helicorder/
http://mbmgquake.mtech.edu/earthworm/wavef_disp/current/welcome.html
http://www.isthisthingon.org/Yellowstone/daythumbs.php