[mazda77]

First, God’s blessings on all those in that region.

Second;

“The mid-day earthquake was recorded at 7.3 on the Richter scale, according to a Greek news agency, and 6.6 by the Associated Press.”

This will be a fun intellectual exercise to figure out which one is right.

[John W]

USGS currently has it at 7.3.

[winoneforthegipper]

Sympathy quake....

[9YearLurker]

The Greek reporting undoubtedly was based on the metric Richter scale.

[Cvengr]

Magnitude Mw 7.3
Region EASTERN TURKEY
Date time 2011-10-23 10:41:22.0 UTC
Location 38.86 N ; 43.48 E
Depth 10 km
Distances 42 km N Van (pop 371,713 ; local time 13:41:22.7 2011-10-23)
21 km SE Ercis (pop 91,915 ; local time 13:41:22.7 2011-10-23)

Happened just after lunchtime.

[editor-surveyor]

When has the AP ever been right about anything?