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Some areas in Turkey lie on or near fault lines, and even in the coastal resort cities it is not unusual to feel a tremor from time to time. In August 1999, an earthquake in Izmit, some 50 miles south of Istanbul, suffered a 7.4 magnitude earthquake which resulted in 17,000 deaths. The same earthquake in Japan would have caused far less casualties. Many of the deaths in Izmir were caused by shoddy construction, including the substitution of beach sand for industrial-quality sand in concrete (beach sand is smooth and unsuitable for construction), as well as the use of cheap, un-knurled reinforc
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We were just home, and all over sudden the building started moving.. we both stood up from the sofa, looked at eachother and the same time we did run to the frontdoor downstairs outside our garden. All neighbours came out. After 30 minutes we went inside again, but both of us still in shock. It was the second earthquake in 2 weeks time. 2 weeks before 5.2, and the last one was a 6.0 .. 90 years ago, in 1923, there was for the last time an earthquake of this magnitude. Well, we are just small creatures next to 'Mother Nature' .. No damage, no people killed or hurted..god thanks!! For
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Hi,I was hoping someone could confirm some information or point me in the the right direction. I own and live in an apartment on the Asian side of Istanbul. Last week all the owners met to discuss offering our building to a developer to knock it down and build a new apartment block. The building is 31 years old and although there is no proof, the other owners are worried about the safety of the building vis-a-vis an earthquake. At the moment this is our choice to make but they said that as of 2016, the authorities (from the council I think) will come around and carry out extensive checks to
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Turkey is tightening rules for mandatory earthquake insurance, making the government decree a law and limiting services to homeowners without protection, Hurriyet reported. http://www.bloomberg...riyet-says.html Beginning in August, it won’t be possible to sign up for electricity, gas or water services without a disaster-insurance policy, said Selamet Yazici, president of the Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool, according to the Istanbul-based newspaper. The measure should help increase policy holders to 10 million from 3.8 million within five years, Yazici said. Turkey wil
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This is the incredible moment a 13-year-old boy trapped under rubble from the Turkish earthquake - for a staggering 100 hours - was miraculously pulled out alive. This morning's dramatic rescue in the town of Ercis lifted the spirits of workers who have been searching for survivors since the powerful 7.2 magnitude quake hit eastern Turkey on Sunday. . The boy, named as Serhat Tokay, was put in a neck brace and taken on a stretcher to a waiting ambulance. Read more: http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz1c4BI5HbC Last week, a major earthquake of magnitude 7.3 hit Turkey. In east
