EEFIT Mission report: Turkey earthquake sequence February 2023

Author: Various

Date published

6 February 2024

Price
Free
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EEFIT Mission report: Turkey earthquake sequence February 2023

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Various

Date published

6 February 2024

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Various

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Free

This EEFIT Field Mission report, and extended summary in Turkish, details the effects of the Mw 7.8 and Mw 7.5 earthquakes which struck southeastern Türkiye and northern Syria on 6 February 2023.

This longitudinal study provides information on:

  • Seismotectonics and strong ground motion characteristics
    • Tectonics
    • Geodesy
    • Local and regional seismicity
    • Seismology of the earthquake sequence
    • Evaluation of strong ground motion recordings
    • Tsunami
  • Geotechnical aspects of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake
    • Landslides and rockfall
    • Surface rupture and interaction with structures
    • Liquefaction and subsidence
    • Bridge foundations and approach structures
    • Retaining structure
    • Limiting distances for ground effects
  • Structures
    • Evolution of the Turkish building codes
    • Building stock and damage assessment
    • Prevalent building typologies and observed seismic performance
  • Remote sensing
  • Infrastructure
    • Healthcare infrastructure
    • Educational infrastructure
    • Emergency response infrastructure
    • Transportation infrastructure
    • Energy infrastructure
    • Industry infrastructure
    • Water and wastewater (wwt) infrastructure
    • Dams and reservoirs
    • Communication networks
    • Interdependencies and cascading effects
  • Relief, recovery and reconstruction
    • Methods and sources of information
    • Development context of the region before the earthquakes
    • Economic aftermath
    • Risk transfer mechanism
    • Casualties and missing people
    • Emergency response: search and rescue
    • Medical response
    • Displacement and migration
    • Temporary shelters
    • Relief and early recovery
    • Demolishment and debris removal
    • Reconstruction and– housing reconstruction/site selection criteria policies/building codes
  • What changed in the past year and what now?

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