From QED: the following is a release by the united states geological survey, national earthquake information center: a strong earthquake occurred in turkey about 40 miles (60 km.) north of erzincan or 350 miles (560 km.) east of ankara at 10:19 am MST today, mar 13, 1992. the magnitude was computed at 6.8 on the richter scale. the quake was recorded by the u. s. geological survey at golden, colorado. there are no reports of casualties or damage at this time. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NO. 2-073 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAR 13, 1992 NEIC QUICK EPICENTER DETERMINATIONS UTC TIME LAT LONG DEP GS MAGS SD STA REGION AND COMMENTS HRMNSEC MB Msz USED MAR 13 171842 Q 40.2 N 39.5 E 10G 6.8 1.0 68 TURKEY