Today in Eastern Turkey at 15:41 Yerevan time, about 19 km away from city Van a major earthquake struck Van Province. Many buildings collapsed in central Van, in the village of Tabanli and in other neighboring territories. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake had a magnitude of 7.2 and depth of 20 kilometers, though Turkey's National Earthquake Monitoring Center reported a magnitude of 6.6 and depth of 5.0 kilometers. The magnitude of this quake is more than 1988 Spitak earthquake's. In Yerevan (192km away), the earthquake force residents to live their homes from high rise buildings.