1953 Yenice–Gönen earthquake

Earthquake in the Marmara region, Turkey 1953 Yenice–Gönen earthquake 1953-03-18 19:06:17 891561 iscgem891561 1953 3 18 yes 21:06:17 Turkey 7.5 s yhttp://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=4014&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display https://web.archive.org/web/20161225081811/https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=4014&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display dead December 25, 2016 Comments for the Significant Earthquake NGDC 5 February 2011 40.02 27.53 inline,title Turkey Yenice, Çanakkale, Gönen $3.57 million 9 at least 1,070 dead 1953 Yenice–Gönen earthquake.jpg lang=en|thumb|Tectonic map of the Anatolian Plate showing the main fault zones. The Yenice–Gönen Fault is the southernmost splay at the western end of the North Anatolian Fault|260px The 1953 Yenice–Gönen earthquake occurred at 21:06 local time (19:06 UTC) on 18 March in the province of Çanakkale and Balıkesir in the Marmara region at western Turkey. It had a surface-wave magnitude of 7.5 and a maximum felt intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. It caused widespread damage, killing 1,070 and causing damage that was estimated at US$3,570,000 repair value.https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/today/index.php?month=3&day=18&submit=View+Date Today in Earthquake History:March 18 United States Geological Survey 2008-07-16 2008-10-30 Tectonic setting The tectonics of northern and eastern Turkey are dominated by the two strike-slip fault zones that accommodate the west to southwestward movement of the Anatolian Plate relative to the Eurasian plate and the Arabian plate as it is effectively being squeezed out by convergence between them. The quake occurred along the Yenice–Gönen Fault, which is a southern extension of the North Anatolian Fault Zone.Kürçer A. Chatzipetros A. Tutkun S.Z. Pavlides S. Ateş Ö. Valkanniotis S. amp 2008 The Yenice–Gönen active fault (NW Turkey): Active tectonics and palaeoseismology Tectonophysics 453 1 263–275 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.07.010 2008Tectp.453..263K Damage and casualties The quake had a surface-wave magnitude of 7.5 and it killed at least 1,070; 998 of those deaths were in Yenice, with another 50 in Gönen, 20 in Çan, and 3 in Manyas. The cost of repair was estimated at US$3,570,000. Several thousand buildings were affected in the Can-Yenice-Gonen area. Damage of intensity VI occurred at Sakarya (Adapazarı), Bursa, Edirne, Istanbul and İzmir. The quake was felt throughout the Aegean Islands and in much of mainland Greece, with damage occurring as far away as Crete. Shaking was also recorded in Bulgaria. Although officials predicted the earthquake would cause only 265 deaths, it multiplied with a death toll seven times the number as expected.https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/121162478.html?dids=121162478:121162478&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=MAR+19%2C+1953&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Turkey+Rocked%3B+Deaths+Set+at+150&pqatl=google https://web.archive.org/web/20110525090925/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/121162478.html?dids=121162478:121162478&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=MAR+19,+1953&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Turkey+Rocked%3B+Deaths+Set+at+150&pqatl=google dead May 25, 2011 The Washington Post Turkey Rocked; Deaths Set at 150 1953-03-19 2008-10-30 Characteristics Approximately 70 km mi on of surface faulting occurred, with as much as 4.3 m ft on of strike-slip (horizontal) faulting was observed by geologists east of Yenice. Aftermath The damage caused by this earthquake led to a new national reconstruction law in Turkey.https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:97FjiyGDHkkJ:training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/Comparative%2520EM%2520Book%2520-%2520Chapter%2520-%2520EM%2520in%2520Turkey.doc+fema+yenice+e&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESj8EjN0B1NStQIO1NT5bxdWzuvuD4YDkjNnpF9EzD-C8l2I1bKcrKgO0Dn9AZPiojGxYskBVs_M5jICr3TIbrQgP2wJ5zQfN3KeCkFiIRNFCOBKzAB4rQW_yOCQdh4n-nt7QP4v&sig=AHIEtbQQ5U5z7VP5HrMKEfN7aikmrK_sAg&pli=1 Emergency Management in Turkey: Disasters Experienced, Lessons Learned, and Recommendations for the Future Ural D.N. 5 February 2011 In Greece the damage was severe enough that new building codes were introduced.De Wire E. Reyes-Pergioudakis D. The Lighthouses of Greece https://books.google.com/books?id=5BzaS_uwQ4cC&pg=PA16 2010 Pineapple Press Inc 978-1-56164-452-0 16 Future seismic hazard Trenching and other fieldwork along the trace of the Yenice–Gönen Fault has identified three earthquakes before the 1953 event, about 1440 AD, between 620 and 1270 AD, and another event of uncertain age. These past events give a mean recurrence interval for large earthquakes of 660±160 years. This indicates that there is no significant current threat from ruptures along this fault zone. See also List of earthquakes in 1953 List of earthquakes in Turkey Notes Further reading Seismicity of Northern Anatolia http://www.bssaonline.org/content/66/3/843.abstract J.E. Dewey 1976 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 66 3 843–868 10.1785/BSSA0660030843 1976BuSSA..66..843D 131722011 subscriptionFebruary 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes External links 891561 1953 Yenice Category:1953 earthquakes Category:1953 in Turkey Category:History of Çanakkale Province Category:History of Balıkesir Province Category:March 1953 in Europe Category:1953 disasters in Turkey Category:Strike-slip earthquakes Category:March 1953 in Turkey