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Catastrophe Report 1
January 1 – March 31, 2002
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Earthquake - Turkey
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Turkey |
| Region: |
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Afyon province, Western Anatolia |
| Date: |
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Feb. 3 2002 |
| Event: |
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Earthquake. Initial quake - Richter magnitude
6.2, three following quakes of magnitude 5.0, 5.2, and 5.3,
and over 600 smaller aftershocks; depth 10km |
| Impact: |
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44 dead; 340 injured; 4,351 buildings heavily/moderately
damaged (including 246 offices and 35 public buildings); 6,900
buildings slightly damaged; 60,000 people temporally homeless.
Economic/insured loss data not yet available |
| Summary: |
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A large, shallow earthquake caused damage and
casualties in the town of Afyon (population 183,351), located
some 250km SW of the capital Ankara, and its provinces of Sultandagi,
Cay, Bolvadin, Cobanlar, Suhut, and Aksehir. The quake was also
felt in the neighbouring provinces of Ankara, Burdur, Eskisehir
and Sakarya. The epicentre was located in Sultandagi province
and the quake was associated with the Sultandagi Fault Zone.
Peak ground acceleration was 0.1g. Due to low strain accumulation
rates, the fault zone has sourced few historical quakes. The
fault was recently activated, however, by a magnitude 6.0 quake
in December 2000 that struck the town of Bolvadin in the SE
part of the fault zone. The damage toll reflects both the very
shallow depth of the quake and the poorly enforced seismic building
codes. The latter problem contributed substantially to the huge
death toll of the 1999 Izmit earthquake further north. |
| Data sources: |
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Earthquake Information Network (www.eqnet.org/index.asp)
Reliefweb (www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf)
Center for International Disaster Information (www.cidi.org) |
| Additional sources: |
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For the preliminary report of the Kandilli
Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute (Istanbul) go
to: http://www.koeri.boun.edu.tr/depremmuh/sultandageq.pdf
For a special report of the Earthquake Engineering Research
Institute (EERI) go to: http://www.eeri.org/earthquakes/recent.html
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