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Türkiye-Syria earthquakes 2023

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Introduction

On 6 February 2023, two earthquakes struck southern and central Türkiye, and northern and western Syria. The first had a magnitude of Mw 7.8 and the second of Mw 7.7.

In Türkiye, there were at least 31,974 deaths (as of 14 February 2023) and 80,278 injured across the ten most affected provinces. At least 13.5 million people and 4 million buildings have been affected. The Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change conducted damage inspections for 763,000 buildings; at least 41,791 buildings in 10 Turkish provinces were heavily damaged or destroyed, leaving about 150,000 people homeless.

The economic losses are likely to surpass $20bn, according to Verisk (FT, 14 February 2023).

In Syria, at least 5,714 people were killed, and over 14,500 were injured (as of 13 February 2023). It was estimated that up to 5.37 million people across Syria might have been made homeless, while a total of 10.9 million people, nearly half of the country's population, were affected.

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Updates
17 February 2023

Why did a Turkish city withstand the quake when others crumbled?

For miles around the small Turkish city of Erzin, the earth is shattered and buildings are razed, towns and cities turned into tombs of concrete by last week’s 7.8-magnitude earthquake. But Erzin still stands. Why?
New York Times, the
Updates
15 February 2023

Turkey-Syria earthquake: the scandal of not being prepared

Building in earthquake resilience adds maybe 20% to to costs of a construction project, so the temptation to ignore the regulations is obvious. The government not only failed to enforce its own building codes, but also encouraged non-compliance.
Conversation Media Group, the
Updates
16 February 2023

Cause and surface faulting of the Türkiye earthquakes of February 6, 2023

Türkiye and the surrounding regions are seismically active due to earthquakes that occur on faults that form the boundaries between four tectonic plates.
Risk Frontiers Holdings Pty Ltd
Updates
11 February 2023

In earthquake-prone Turkey, fury rises over poor construction standards after buildings suffer ‘pancake collapse’

More than 12,000 buildings, some constructed only six months ago, fell apart in a country where construction firms that are often close to the government overlook safety standards
South China Morning Post
Updates
14 February 2023

Turkey-Syria earthquakes: Concrete construction under scrutiny

Pictures of the devastation in Turkey and Syria from the Mw7.8 and Mw7.5 earthquakes on February 6, 2023, generate a terrible feeling of déjà vu as we see the term 'pancaked' back in usage to describe the fate of many multi-story buildings.
Risk Management Solutions
Updates
14 February 2023

Erdoğan under fire as shoddy Turkish building standards exposed by earthquake

President faces backlash over 2018 amnesty for faults in millions of buildings despite history of natural disasters
Financial Times
A devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Turkish province of Kahramanmaras.
Updates
14 February 2023

Secondary crises after the Turkey-Syria earthquakes are now the greatest threat to life

While hard to track, we know from other cases that death tolls rise because of a lack of adequate medical care, clean water and shelter following disasters. These secondary crises can have devastating impacts, as past disasters around the world have shown
Conversation Media Group, the
Updates
14 February 2023

Earthquake in Turkey exposes gap between seismic knowledge and action – but it is possible to prepare

Two days after a devastating earthquake struck, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited one of the worst affected areas and declared that it was “not possible to be prepared for such a disaster.”
Conversation Media Group, the
The 2011 Van earthquakes occurred in eastern Turkey near the city of Van.
Updates
10 February 2023

Why have so many earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria?

Earthquakes in Syria and Turkey are common, but the magnitude 7.8 that shook the region on 6 February at 4:17am local time is clearly impressive. To find earthquakes this strong on this particular fault, we would have to go back to the year 1114.
Conversation Media Group, the
Updates
13 February 2023

District suffers no loss in devastating quakes

No buildings were destroyed in Hatay’s Erzin district during the devastating earthquakes that jolted the southern provinces, with the mayor announcing that there are no casualties in the district as he has not allowed illegal construction.
Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review - Dogan Media Group

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