February 17, 2012 - 15:30 AMT
Another quake hits Turkey’s Van

A 4.5-magnitude earthquake shook Turkey’s eastern province of Van today, Feb 17.

The earthquake struck at 11:32a.m., epicenter in Van’s Ağartı district. No casualties were reported, according to Doğan News Agency.

The 2011 Van earthquake was a destructive magnitude 7.1 Mw quake that hit eastern Turkey near the city of Van on October 23, 2011. It occurred at a shallow depth of 20 km, causing heavy shaking across much of eastern Turkey and was felt across neighboring parts of the South Caucasus and Levant.