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Special topic Turkey Earthquake
Current event, quake in turkey
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The Catastrophic Earth: Natural Disasters (EOSC 114)
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Academic year: 2022/2023
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Special topic Turkey Earthquake
Course: The Catastrophic Earth: Natural Disasters (EOSC 114)
225 Documents
Students shared 225 documents in this course
University: The University of British Columbia
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Special Topic: Turkey Earthquake, Feb 8th
Arabian plate interacted with anatolian plate to form the
quake
The east anatolian fault is the causative fault
- This is a strike-slip fault
- 7.82 magnitude
- Shallow fault rupture
- Additional 7.5 magnitude close by (secondary
event)
Quake is more severe because Syria is already in an active
war
- Less records
- Less communication
- Less strong infrastructure
Key info
- 287 aftershocks
- Epicentre is the Nurdagi district (SE of Turkey)
- Turkey announces 3 month state of emergency
- Many other countries affected, Turkey and
Syria most heavily
- Initial costs estimated at 5 billion euros
- Rescue missions on their way from more than 70
countries
