1998 Adana–Ceyhan earthquake

1998 Adana–Ceyhan earthquake

Date	27 June 1998 (1998-06-27)
Origin time	13:55:53 UTC ^[1]
Magnitude	6.3 M_w ^[1]
Depth	20 km (12 mi) ^[1]
Epicenter	36°56′N 35°16′E / 36.94°N 35.26°E / 36.94; 35.26Coordinates: 36°56′N 35°16′E / 36.94°N 35.26°E / 36.94; 35.26 ^[1]
Type	Strike-slip ^[2]
Areas affected	Turkey
Total damage	$1 billion ^[3]
Max. intensity	IX (Destructive) ^[4]
Aftershocks	5.4 M_w July 4 at 02:15 UTC ^[5]
Casualties	At least 145 dead ^[2] 1,500–1,600 injured ^[2] 8,800 displaced ^[2]

The 1998 Adana–Ceyhan earthquake occurred at 16:55 local time on 27 June with a moment magnitude of 6.3 and a maximum intensity of IX (Destructive) on the European macroseismic scale. The total economic loss was estimated at about US$1 billion.

The event occurred in southern Turkey (historically known as Cilicia) and killed at least 145 people and left 1,500 people wounded and many thousands homeless in Adana, and Ceyhan, the most populous town of the Adana Province, as well as many villages located between both cities along the Ceyhan River.^[6] The most casualties and damage occurred due to inadequately engineered buildings in the town of Ceyhan.

References

1 2 3 4 ISC (2014), ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009), Version 1.05, International Seismological Centre
1 2 3 4 USGS (September 4, 2009), PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog, Version 2008_06.1, United States Geological Survey
↑ Esref Yalcinkaya (2005). "Stochastic Finite-fault Modeling of Ground Motions From the June 27, 1998 Adana-Ceyhan Earthquake" (PDF). Earth Planets Space. 57: 107–115. Bibcode:2005EP&S...57..107Y.
↑ Wenk, Thomas; Lacave, Corinne; Peter, Kaspar (1998), The Adana-Ceyhan Earthquake of June 27, 1998 (PDF), Swiss Society for Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, pp. 37, 38
↑ USGS. "M5.4 - central Turkey". United States Geological Survey.
↑ Frank Wuttke and Mathias Raschke. "Adana Earthquake of June 27, 1998". Retrieved 1 June 2008.

Sources

Çelebi, Mehmet (2000), "Revelations from a single strong-motion record retrieved during the 27 June 1998 Adana (Turkey) earthquake", Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier, 20 (5–8): 283–288

External links

← Earthquakes in 1998 →

1st Afghanistan (6.1, Feb 4) † Ryukyu Islands (7.5, May 4) 2nd Afghanistan (6.5, May 30) † ‡ Adana–Ceyhan (6.3, Jun 27) † Azores Islands (6.1, Jul 9) Papua New Guinea (7.0, Jul 17) † Bahía de Caráquez (7.2, Aug 4) Pymatuning (5.2, Sep 25) Mionica (5.5, Sep 29) Ninglang (6.2, Nov 19)

† indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths ‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year

Earthquakes in Turkey

Historical	AD 17 Lydia 115 Antioch 141 Lycia 262 SW Anatolia 526 Antioch 557 Constantinople 847 Damascus 1268 Cilicia 1509 Constantinople 1653 East Smyrna 1688 Smyrna 1855 Bursa 1859 Erzurum 1881 Chios 1894 Istanbul 1903 Manzikert 1912 Mürefte 1914 Burdur

Contemporary	1924 Pasinler 1926 Kars 1930 Salmas 1935 Erdek–Marmara Islands 1935 Digor 1938 Kırşehir 1939 Erzincan 1941 Van–Erciş 1942 Niksar–Erbaa 1943 Adapazarı–Hendek 1943 Tosya–Ladik 1944 Bolu–Gerede 1946 Varto–Hınıs 1949 Karlıova 1951 Kurşunlu 1952 Hasankale 1953 Yenice–Gönen 1957 Fethiye 1957 Abant 1966 Varto 1967 Mudurnu 1970 Gediz 1971 Bingöl 1975 Lice 1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye 1983 Erzurum 1983 Biga 1992 Erzincan 1995 Dinar 1998 Adana–Ceyhan 1999 Izmit 1999 Düzce 2003 Bingöl 2010 Elazığ 2011 Kütahya 2011 Van 2014 Aegean Sea

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