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Catastrophe Report 3
January 1 – July 8,
2003 |
Earthquake - Turkey
| Territory: |
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Turkey |
| Region: |
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Bingol province (SE Turkey) |
| Date: |
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May 1st |
| Event: |
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Earthquake |
| Impact: |
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An estimated 300 buildings were destroyed, with
over 9,000 others suffering moderate to heavy damage. Four schools
collapsed including a boarding school housing 195 children.
The total death toll was 177, eighty-five of which were children
buried beneath the aforementioned school. Economic losses remain
to be determined. Insured losses are expected to be small. |
| Summary: |
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A Richter Magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the
Bingol region of south-east Turkey during the early hours of
the morning of May 1st. Poor building methods and materials
and a lack of enforcement of anti-seismic building codes are
blamed for the level of destruction and loss of life, although
the shallow (10 km) depth of the quake and its timing –
when most people would have been sleeping – will also
have played a part. The quake occurred in a tectonically complex
region near the eastern end of the East Anatolian Fault that
separates the Turkey (Anatolian) and Arabian Plates. |
| Data sources: |
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/ |
| Additional sources:
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ReliefWeb
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
http://www.eeri.org/titlepage.html
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