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1875 Dinar earthquake
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Earthquake in southwest Turkey
1875 Dinar earthquake Turkey yes 1875 05 03Ambraseys N. N. Jackson J. A. Faulting associated with historical and recent earthquakes in the Eastern Mediterranean region Geophysical Journal International 1998 133 2 390–406 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00508.x free 1998GeoJI.133..390A 6.77 w y 9 38.3 29.9 inline,title Dinar (District), Afyonkarahisar, Turkey 1,300 fatalities
The 1875 Dinar earthquake occurred in Afyonkarahisar Province in present-day Turkey. More than 1,300 people died and 1,000 homes were destroyed when the w 6.77 earthquake struck.Dataset Rovida A. Antonucci A. EPICA - European PreInstrumental Earthquake CAtalogue, version 1.1. https://www.emidius.eu/epica/ Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia 28 December 2023 10.13127/epica.1.1 2021 The communities of Çivril and Yaka were destroyed while Işıklı and Dinar were badly damaged. Ground fissures and hot springs appeared near Civril although these reports may have been exaggerated. There was minor damage in Uşak and Afyon.National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information 1972 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/2224 10.7289/V5TD9V7K National Geophysical Data Center NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
The shock was associated with rupture along the Baklan Fault which was also associated with another destructive shock in 1995.Kürçer Akın Özdemir Ersin Olgun Şeyda Özalp Selim Çan Tolga Elmacı Hasan Active tectonic and paleoseismological characteristics of the Dinar Fault, SW Anatolia, Turkey Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews 2021 3 2 219–251 10.1007/s42990-021-00052-x 2021MGRv....3..219K It produced 20 km of faulting.Krdae B.Ü. Regional Earthquake-Tsunami Monitoring and Evaluation Center http://www.koeri.boun.edu.tr/sismo/2/deprem-bilgileri/tarihsel-depremler/ Kandilli Observatory 28 December 2023
At Işıklı, 200 homes were razed while the remaining 100 were damaged to the extent they were unliveable for occupants. Two mosque however, stood intact. Nearly all homes in Çivril were badly damaged or destroyed and 500 bodies were recovered from debris. Early reports from the Ottoman press reported 133 to 164 deaths and 1,879 injuries. In the village of Tatar, Uşak, about 200 people died.Satılmış Selahattin Dinar, Çivril, Işıklı ve Dazkırı Bölgesinde Tarihsel Depremler (1875-1900) Historical Earthquakes in Dinar, Çivril, Işıklı and Dazkırı Region (1875-1900) Journal of History and Future 2020 6 1 166–179 10.21551/jhf.686161 https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1022331 free
See also
List of earthquakes in Turkey
References
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