1903 Manzikert earthquake

Earthquake in Muş Province, Turkey 1903 Manzikert earthquake 1903-04-28 23:46:00 n/a n/a File:Ruines de Mélazqerd après le tremblement de terre du 30 avril 1903.jpg Turkey Aftermath of the earthquake 1903 4 29 yes 01:30 7.0 (Ms) 39.14 42.65 type:event_region:TR inline,titlehttp://www.koeri.boun.edu.tr/sismo/ Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Kandilli Rasathanesi ve Deprem Araştırma Enstitüsü Turkish May 3, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100413141432/http://www.koeri.boun.edu.tr/sismo/ April 13, 2010 live Ottoman Empire (Turkey today) 12,000 homes destroyed 10 one 3,500 humans and 20,000 livestock killed The 1903 Manzikert earthquake struck Manzikert of nowadays Muş Province in eastern Turkey on 29 April (local time). Registering a surface-wave magnitude of 7.0,Ambraseys N. Nicholas Ambraseys 2001 Reassessment of earthquakes, 1900–1999, in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East Geophysical Journal 145 2 471–485 2001GeoJI.145..471A 10.1046/j.0956-540x.2001.01396.x the earthquake originated from a highly active seismic zone. It killed 3,500 people and 20,000 animals, destroyed 12,000 homes, and is now listed among Turkey's deadliest earthquakes in recorded history. To this day, Turkey is threatened by major earthquakes – more than 100 earthquakes over 7.0 have taken place in the country's known history. Geology lang=en|thumb|260px|Diagram of the major faults of Turkey. The country of Turkey is situated on a highly active section of the Eurasian plate boundary. The country is mainly mountainous, approximately 85 percent of the country is at an elevation of 450 m ft 0 on or more.http://countrystudies.us/turkey/20.htm Turkey – Geology Metz Helen Chapin Helen Chapin Metz United States Library of Congress April 30, 2010 The entire country lies within a zone of active deformation known as the Alpide belt. This zone of continental collision reaches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Himalaya Mountains and beyond; dating back to the Paleogene period. It has formed due to convergent movement between the Arabian, African, and Indian continental plates and the Eurasian plate. The Anatolian Plate is currently being squeezed out to the west by the ongoing collision between the Arabian plate and the Eurasian plate, bounded to the southeast by the East Anatolian Fault and to the north by the North Anatolian Fault.Tan O. Tapirdamaz C. & Yörük A. 2008 The Earthquake Catalogues for Turkey Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 17 405–418 http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/earth/issues/yer-08-17-2/yer-17-2-8-0608-8.pdf May 3, 2010 To the east of the junction of these two faults, the Arabian plate is in direct collision with the Eurasian plate. This area is characterised by thrust faulting and was the area in which the 1903 event occurred. Damage and casualties Among the world's deadliest earthquakes, it caused 3,500 direct fatalities.https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/today/index.php?month=4&day=28&submit=View+Date Today in Earthquake History: April 28 United States Geological Survey December 18, 2009 April 28, 2010 12,000 homes were devastated. 20,000 animals (other than humans) were killed in the epicentral region of Manzikert-Patnos. Damage to a lesser extent reached Erzurum and Bitlis. On August 6, additional damage took place and people were injured when an aftershock rocked the same region. Threat Major earthquakes have taken place in the region as early as 411 B.C. In the 20th century, 58 major destructive earthquakes took place – in total, they have killed more than 100,000 people, injured 150,000, and desolated approximately 420,000 homes and buildings. More than 100 earthquakes of magnitude 7 or greater have taken place in the country historically.http://mceer.buffalo.edu/infoservice/Reference_Services/turkey-major-earthquakes.asp Major Turkish Earthquakes of the 20th century 2010 Research Foundation of the State of New York Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering April 28, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100404151901/http://mceer.buffalo.edu/infoservice/Reference_Services/turkey-major-earthquakes.asp April 4, 2010 live See also List of earthquakes in 1903 List of earthquakes in Turkey References Ambraseys N. N. Engineering seismology: Part I Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 17 1 1988 0098-8847 10.1002/eqe.4290170101 18 1903 Manzikert 1903 Category:1903 in the Ottoman Empire Category:1903 disasters in Asia Category:20th-century disasters in the Ottoman Empire Category:1903 earthquakes 1903 Category:April 1903 in Asia