1983 Biga earthquake

Earthquake in Turkey January 2023 1983 Biga earthquake 1983-07-05 12:01:30 571502 iscgem571502 yes 1983 7 5 15:01:30 EEST Turkey Marmara 10 km Strike-slip 40.324 27.222 inline,titlehttp://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=4981&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display https://archive.today/20121214055346/http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=4981&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display dead 14 December 2012 Comments for the Significant Earthquake NGDC 27 August 2010 6.1 s y Turkey Biga Yes 5 dead, 30 injured IX The 1983 Biga earthquake hit northwestern Turkey on 5 July 1983. It measured 6.1 on the surface-wave magnitude scale and was felt as far away as eastern Greece. The United States Geological Survey listed the earthquake among the "Significant Earthquakes of the World" for 1983.https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/significant/sig_1983.php Significant Earthquakes of the World, 1983 United States Geological Survey 5 January 2010 5 July 2010 Geology The Biga Peninsula is an area marked by active faults including strike-slip movement and en echelon divergent basins. The earthquake was preceded by a foreshock nearly a year prior, and was followed by aftershock clusters. Damage Five people died and 30 were injured. Several houses collapsed, an additional 85 damaged, water mains broke and windows shattered.30 hurt in Turkish quake https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=bxbQgRQgr4sC&dat=19830705&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 2023-07-08 The Daily News 1 110 yılda 56 büyük deprem https://www.trthaber.com/haber/turkiye/110-yilda-56-buyuk-deprem-128784.html 2023-07-08 2014-05-24 TRT Haber tr Among the dead was a farmer who was crushed by a collapsing roof.Quake toll up https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=w9EjUEod0xMC&dat=19830706&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 2023-07-08 Regina Leader-Post 2 It also caused panic as far away as Istanbul and in eastern Greece. In Istanbul, there was some damage and people fled onto the streets. See also List of earthquakes in 1983 List of earthquakes in Turkey References PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ September 4, 2009 United States Geological Survey Version 2008_06.1 Further reading Şencan A. Efe R. An Overview of Morphotectonic Features and Seismicity of the Vicinity of Biga and Denizkent (NW Turkey) Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences 120 2014 1877-0428 10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.02.166 816–825 free External links 571502 Category:1983 earthquakes 1983 Biga Category:Geology of Turkey Category:1983 in Turkey Category:History of Çanakkale Province Category:July 1983 in Turkey Category:1983 disasters in Turkey