Earthquake kills 17,000+ people in northwest Turkey 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 17 1999)


Video: 'GREAT QUAKES IZMIT, TURKEY'

(Friday, August 17, 1999, 3:01:39 a.m. local time; during the 1999 Izmit earthquake) — More than 17,000 people were killed and another 40,000 injured today when a 37-second magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck a densely populated region of northwestern Turkey.