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where to start>>>
well if there is any extra info people know about it (anything that would not be on the intenet) I really would like to know
It's for an assingnment and I'm doing a talk on it
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Soo if you know annything extra about it that would be great!
2007-04-30 22:08:46 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Izmit, Turkey: Introduction and Damage Survey
Introduction
The Mw7.4 earthquake that struck western Turkey on August 17, 1999 (also known as the Kocaeli, Turkey, earthquake) occurred on one of the world's longest and best studied strike-slip (horizontal motion) faults: the east-west trending North Anatolian fault.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/geology/turkey/index.php
http://www.scec.org/earthquakes/turkey.html
Search Findings:
http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=ytff4-&p=Turkey%20Earthquake%20in%20Izmit%201999
2007-04-30 22:35:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 1999 İzmit earthquake was a 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck northwestern Turkey on August 17, 1999, about 3:02am local time. The event lasted for 48 seconds, killing over 17,000 people and leaving approximately half a million people homeless.
According to official figures 17,480 people died and 23,983 were injured, 600,031 were homeless and 200,010 were living on the streets,[1]. The earthquake was heavily felt in the industrialized and highly populated urban areas of the country, including oil refineries, several automotive plants, Turkish navy headquarters and arsenal in Gölcük, thus increasing the severity of the loss of life and property.
You can find more info on www.wikipedia.org
2007-04-30 23:01:13 · answer #2 · answered by Vijay Shahi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
after the 10000.3 quake! every one got cold feet!
2007-04-30 22:12:33 · answer #3 · answered by j l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋