1995 Dinar earthquake
Dinar (District), Afyonkarahisar, Turkey | |
| Total damage | 4,500 or 5100 buildings damaged[1] |
|---|---|
| Max. intensity | MMI VIII (Severe) |
| Casualties | 90 dead, 200+ injured[2] |
The 1995 Dinar earthquake occurred on 1 October in
The earthquake occurred at a time of political instability in Turkey, with large strikes by public sector workers taking place just 11 days earlier.[2] The disaster was preceded by a number of smaller earthquakes of up to 5.1 magnitude, the last of which had occurred on 26 September 1995.[2] This resulted in a number of residents deciding to sleep outside their homes and possibly resulted in less deaths and injuries in the 1 October quake.[2] When the quake occurred, 90 people were killed and more than 200 injured in the disaster.[2]
In total, 2,473 homes suffered major damage, 1,218 moderate damage and 2,076 slight damage.[4] The Turkish government responded by constructing 5,000 new homes for those affected by the disaster.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Significant Earthquake". National Geophysical Data Center. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ a b c d e William A. Mitchell (1996). "Response to a Damaging Earthquake in an Environment of Political Turmoil (Dinar, Turkey, October 1, 1995)". Natural Hazards Center. University of Colorado Boulder. Archived from the original on 2008-06-27. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ S2CID 128544555.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-134-02846-7.
Further reading
- Kürçer, Akın; Özdemir, Ersin; Olgun, Şeyda; Özalp, Selim; Çan, Tolga; Elmacı, Hasan (2021). "Active tectonic and paleoseismological characteristics of the Dinar Fault, SW Anatolia, Turkey". Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews. 3 (2): 219–251. S2CID 235220875.
External links
- The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.