1970 Gediz earthquake

7.2 magnitude earthquake in western Turkey November 2022 1970 Gediz earthquake Turkey 1970 3 28 yeshttp://www.kultursanat.gen.tr/_eng/bgediz/deprem.htm Kütahya Gediz İlçesi-1970 Gediz Depremi Kültür Sanat 17 February 2009 tr dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110523162746/http://www.kultursanat.gen.tr/_eng/bgediz/deprem.htm 23 May 2011 23:02:24 1970-03-28 21:02:24 798506 iscgem798506 7.2 w y 39.2 N 29.5 E inline,title 17.7 km 9 Turkey 1,086 dead, 1,260 injured The 1970 Gediz earthquake, also known as the 1970 Kütahya-Gediz earthquake (tr 1970 Gediz depremi) struck western Turkey on 28 March at about 23:02 local time with an estimated magnitude of 7.2 on the w y scale. Geology The earthquake was active on the "Turgutlu-Sındırgı-Simav-Gediz fault" line in the second-degree earthquake zone. The earthquake occurred due to the vertival movements of a fault line extending in the northwest direction from Akçaalan-Kayaköy and Dereköy to Hisarcık and the fault line extending in the direction of Çomaklar-Çukurören villages. The earthquake area was formed 2.5 million years ago. After the earthquake, a 7 cm horizontal and 15 - 20 cm vertical-slip fissure with a largest opening of 50 cm was detected at the foot of Seyranbaşı Hill near Yunuslar Village. A 10 - 15 cm vertical-slip fissure was observed in Çavdarhisar. Tension crack systems were detected at the junction of Gediz River and Bulacık Creek to the south of Gediz district center and around Çayçinge Village. According to the Richter scale, it was measured as 7.2 in Gediz, 7 in Emet, 6 in Simav and 5 in Kütahya. Damage and casualties The earthquake killed 1,086 people, injured 1,260, while 9,473 buildings were destroyed or severely damaged leaving around 26,000 people homeless in Gediz. Many people were burned alive as fires broke out from overturned stoves. The earthquake caused destruction in an area of 13250 km2, and was felt in 45% of Turkey. Aftermath Gediz, a district of Kütahya Province situated 98 km southeast of Kütahya, was a town that experienced repeated natural disasters including earthquakes and floods. It was relocated following a government resolution soon after the destruction caused by the 1970 earthquake to a new location that was 7 km away on the road to Uşak with the new name of Yeni Gediz (English: New Gediz). The residents moved in their newly built, earthquake-resistant homes. Neighboring towns and villages were also rebuilt at places with relative minimum earthquake risk. Other major earthquakes occurred in Gediz in 1866 and 1896, and on 25 June 1944, at 07:20 local time, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred in Gediz, killing 20 people and damaging around 3,500 buildings. See also List of earthquakes in 1970 List of earthquakes in Turkey References M 7.2 – 19 km NE of Gediz, Turkey 1970 iscgem798506 Ambraseys N. N. Engineering seismology: Part I Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 17 1 1988 0098-8847 10.1002/eqe.4290170101 1988EESD...17....1A Table IV. List of the larger shallow earthquakes (M,>5.9) in Turkey and neighbouring regions for the period 1899–1986 http://www.kutahyatanitim.tr.gg/Gediz.htm?PHPSESSID=7cc0650765f8f9e189affbf822fa3a36 Kütahya Tanıtım Gediz 17 February 2009 tr https://dumlupinargazetesi.com/haber/19722964/kutahyanin-54-yillik-buyuk-acisi-1970-gediz-depremi Dumlupınar Kütahya'nın 54 yıllık büyük acısı: 1970 Gediz Depremi! 28 March 2024 tr 11 April 2025 External links 798506 1970 Gediz Category:1970 in Turkey Category:1970 earthquakes Category:History of Kütahya Province Category:March 1970 in Turkey Category:1970 disasters in Turkey Category:Gediz District