Surface displacement of 38 km (24 mi) and various other surficial effects were directly caused by the earthquake.

[2] Minimal vertical displacement of 5–10 cm (2.0–3.9 in) was also found in parts of the southwestern portion of the rupture.

[4] Surface faulting was visible from Ormanardı in the southwest to Çobantaşı in the northeast over a distance of 38 km (24 mi).

[11][12] Rubble masonry and reinforced concrete houses alike were severely damaged in the Bingöl plain.

[13] Bridges crossing the Göynük and Murat rivers were closed to traffic due to damage caused by surficial effects of the earthquake.

[13] In response to the disaster, officials deployed a field hospital and 10 medical personnel from Elazig.

On 23 May, the governor of Elazig said the Eighth Army Corps mobilised doctors and a convoy to Bingöl.