EEFIT Mission report: Turkey earthquake sequence February 2023

Author: Aktas YD et al.

Date published

6 February 2024

Price
Free
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EEFIT Mission report: Turkey earthquake sequence February 2023

Report

Author

Aktas YD et al.

Date published

6 February 2024

Author

Aktas YD et al.

Price

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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