Turkey Earthquake August 17 1999 Turkey Earthquake Albania

From the kocaeli turkey.

Turkey recipe easy izmir ne var. A comparison of the north anatolian fault with the san andreas fault is given. The earthquake which occurred on the northernmost strand of the. The earthquake measuring six point seven on the richter scale struck the industrialised town of izmit in western turkey at just after 0300 on tuesday local time.

The 1999 izmit earthquake also known as the kocaeli goelcuek or marmara earthquake occurred on 17 august at 030140 local time in northwestern turkeythe shock had a moment magnitude of 76 and a maximum mercalli intensity of ix violentthe event lasted for 37 seconds killing around 17000 people and left more than 250000 people homeless. Turkey hit by huge earthquake the most powerful earthquake to hit turkey has left at least 1000 people dead. From the kocaeli turkey earthquake of august 17 1999 for details.

Turkey which sits atop two major fault lines has a history of powerful earthquakes. In 1999 about 17000 people died in a quake in the western city of izmit. The earthquake and tsunami of august 17 1999 in the sea of marmara turkey.

The 1999 izmit earthquake also known as the kocaeli goelcuek or marmara earthquake occurred on 17 august at 030140 local time in northwestern turkey. It discusses the seismological characteristics magnitude seismic moment epicenter hypocenter of the earthquake. The nearby city of izmit was severely damaged.

The report documents the damage caused by the 1999 earthquake that affected the marmara region in the kocaeli province of turkey. Tuesday august 17 1999 published at 0838 gmt 0938 uk world. Thousands of people were killed and large parts of a number of mid sized towns and cities were destroyed.

Europe eyewitness accounts from turkey quake dramatic and moving accounts from people in the turkish earthquake zone have been flowing by email into bbc news online. The cause of the earthquake was the sudden breakage or rupture of the earths crust along a western branch of the 1500 km long north anatolian. Izmit earthquake of 1999 devastating earthquake that struck near the city of izmit in northwestern turkey on august 17 1999.

On august 17 1999 a large destructive earthquake struck northwest turkey and generated a local tsunami within the enclosed sea of marmara. The 70 magnitude tremor was centred off turkeys izmir province the us geological survey said and. Izmit earthquake of 1999 devastating earthquake that struck near the city of izmit in northwestern turkey on august 17 1999.

Earthquake kocaeli turkey 1999 the moment magnitude m w 74 kocaeli turkey earthquake struck the kocaeli province of northwestern turkey on tuesday august 17 1999 at 302 am.