1999 İzmit earthquake
E552575
The 1999 İzmit earthquake was a devastating magnitude 7.6 quake in northwestern Turkey that caused massive destruction and loss of life, and highlighted the seismic risk along the North Anatolian Fault.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | earthquake ⓘ |
| affectedCity |
Adapazarı
NERFINISHED
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Gölcük NERFINISHED ⓘ Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ Yalova NERFINISHED ⓘ İzmit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| affectedProvince |
Bolu Province
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Kocaeli Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Sakarya Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Yalova Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aftershockSequence | strong aftershocks for weeks ⓘ |
| casualties |
over 17,000 deaths
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tens of thousands injured ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| damage | massive destruction of buildings and infrastructure ⓘ |
| date | 1999-08-17 ⓘ |
| displacedPeople | hundreds of thousands homeless ⓘ |
| economicLoss | billions of US dollars ⓘ |
| epicenter | near İzmit ⓘ |
| epicenterRegion | Marmara Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fault | North Anatolian Fault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentResponse | national emergency declared ⓘ |
| highlightedRisk | seismic risk along the North Anatolian Fault ⓘ |
| impact |
increased public awareness of earthquake preparedness in Turkey
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prompted major revisions to Turkish seismic building codes ⓘ |
| intensityScale | Modified Mercalli intensity scale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| internationalResponse | large-scale international rescue and relief operations ⓘ |
| localDate | 17 August 1999 ⓘ |
| localTime | 03:01 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northwestern Turkey ⓘ |
| magnitude | 7.6 ⓘ |
| maximumIntensity | IX (Violent) ⓘ |
| maximumSurfaceDisplacement | several meters ⓘ |
| momentMagnitudeScale | 7.6 Mw ⓘ |
| notableEffect |
fires
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ground rupture ⓘ liquefaction ⓘ severe building collapses ⓘ tsunami in the Gulf of İzmit ⓘ |
| partOf | sequence of large earthquakes along the North Anatolian Fault in the 20th century ⓘ |
| relatedTo | seismic hazard in the Marmara Sea region ⓘ |
| ruptureLength | approximately 150 kilometers ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | strike-slip fault ⓘ |
| timeUTC | 1999-08-17T00:01:39Z ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+3 ⓘ |
| triggeredEvent | 1999 Düzce earthquake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | strike-slip earthquake ⓘ |
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