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Title
Engineering Report on the Muradiye-Caldiran, Turkey, Earthquake of 24 November 1976.
File
PB82225020.pdf
Author(s)
Gulkan, P.; Gurpinar, A.; Celebi, M.; Arpat, E.; Gencoglu, S.
Source
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., January 1978, 70 p.
Abstract
As soon as it appeared that the magnitude 7.3 earthquake which occurred on November 24, 1976, at 12:22 GMT or 2:22 pm local time in eastern Turkey had caused wide-spread life and property damage, various institutes in Turkey responded by dispatching teams of experts for investigations. The heaviest toll in terms of property and life occurred in the towns of Muradiye, and Caldiran, 25 km north of Muradiye; and in the numerous villages administratively linked to these two centers. This report contains brief descriptions of the geology and physiography of the affected region as well as the preliminary studies and observations on the earthquake made by the members of several inspection teams.
Keywords
Turkey; Damage assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; Geomorphology; Seismic risk; Geological surveys; Seismic epicenter; Earthquake engineering; Muradiye (Turkey); Caldiran (Turkey); Earthquakes; Geological faults