Originating on the North Anatolian Fault, the temblor left at least 498 people dead and around 2,000 injured. On 17 August and 12 November 1999, two earthquakes devastated the populated and industrial northwestern parts of Turkey. Earthquakes in 2000; Approximate epicenters of the earthquakes in 2000 5.0-5.9 in green, 6.0-6.9 in yellow, 7.0–7.9 in orange, 8.0+ in red.
Turkey has a history of powerful earthquakes.
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. Total fatalities: 163: 9.0 Magnitude+: 0: 8.0−8.9 Magnitude: 1: 7.0−7.9 Magnitude: 14: 6.0−6.9 Magnitude: 146: 5.0−5.9 Magnitude: 1344 ← 1999 Earthquakes 2001 → This is a list of earthquakes in 2000.
İzmit earthquake of 1999, devastating earthquake that struck near the city of İzmit in northwestern Turkey on August 17, 1999. Turkey updates ‘earthquake map’ after 21 years Gizem Karakış – ANKARA.
period covered: 1 September 2000 - 13 October 2000 10 November, 2000 TURKEY: EARTHQUAKES The context In the second half of 1999,north-western Turkey, the country’s most densely populated region and industrial heartland, was struck by two massive earthquakes in less than three months.
Map of earthquakes in Turkey 1900-2017 Map of plate boundaries affecting Turkey This is a list of earthquakes in Turkey , including any notable historical earthquakes that have epicenters within the current boundaries of Turkey, or which caused significant effects in this area. The most powerful earthquake that Turkey has ever seen was also in Erzincan, where a magnitude-7.8 quake killed an estimated 33,000 people in 1939. The earthquake, which occurred on the northernmost strand of the period covered: 1 September 2000 - 13 October 2000 10 November, 2000 TURKEY: EARTHQUAKES The context In the second half of 1999,north-western Turkey, the country’s most densely populated region and industrial heartland, was struck by two massive earthquakes in less than three months. Thousands of people were killed, and large parts of a number of mid-sized towns and cities were destroyed. Disaster in the Heartland. The first, on 17 August 1999 at 03:02 local, measured 7.4 on the Richter scale and lasted 45 seconds. MORE THAN 2,000 people were dead and thousands of others still missing last night after the heavily populated north-west of Turkey was struck by its worst earthquake in living memory.
More than 17,000 people were killed in August 1999 when a 7.6 magnitude quake struck the western … Erzincan, meanwhile, was struck by a magnitude-6.7 quake in 1992. period covered: 1 to 31 August, 2000 29 September, 2000 TURKEY: EARTHQUAKE The context In the second half of 1999, north-western Turkey, the country’s most densely populated region and industrial heartland, was struck by two massive earthquakes in less than three months. Largest/Deadliest Earthquakes since 2000 Timeline created by stephanieader.
New Ireland Region, P.N.G. Izmit, an industrial city of than-1,2 million in western Turkey, was nearest the epicenter. Turkey: what UNICEF is doing Updated 25 January 2000.
Many residents of the heavily populated town were asleep in bed and had no chance of escape.
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