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Kurtoglu Destination Guide

Explore Kurtoglu in Turkey

Kurtoglu in the region of Van is a town in Turkey - some 592 mi or ( 952 km ) East of Ankara , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Kurtoglu is now 03:21 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Istanbul " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Mosul, Tabriz, Artashat, Yumakli, and Yukariyaniktas. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Mosul . Where to go and what to see in Kurtoglu ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

1976 Çaldıran-Muradiye earthquake

The 1976 Çaldıran-Muradiye earthquake occurred at 14:22 local time on 24 November. The epicenter was located near Çaldıran, 20 km northeast of Muradiye, in the Van Province of eastern Turkey. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.3 with a maximum intensity of X on the Mercalli intensity scale. The area of severe damage, where over 80% of the buildings were destroyed, covered an area of 2,000 square kilometres. There were between 4,000 and 5,000 casualties.

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Located at 39.12 44.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: 1976 earthquakes, 1976 in Turkey, Earthquakes in Turkey, History of Van Province

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Information of geographic nature is based on public data provided by geonames.org, CIA world facts book, Unesco, DBpedia and wikipedia. Weather is based on NOAA GFS.