Earthquake in Turkey
Map of Anatolian Plate showing main tectonic boundaries
The 1949 Karlıova earthquake occurred at 18:44
UTC on 17 August with an
epicenter near
Karlıova in
Bingöl Province ,
Eastern Anatolia Region of
Turkey . It had an estimated magnitude of 6.7,
[2] a maximum felt intensity of X (Extreme ) on the
Mercalli intensity scale , and caused 320–450 casualties and destroyed 3,500 buildings.
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[2]
[4]
Tectonic setting
The Karlıova region is the location of the
triple junction between the boundaries of the
Eurasian Plate ,
Anatolian Plate and the
Arabian Plate , the
North Anatolian Fault ,
East Anatolian Fault and the Mus
fold and thrust belt , which passes to the east into the
Zagros fold and thrust belt . The earthquake occurred at the eastern end of the North Anatolian Fault.
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Characteristics
The seismic moment estimated for this earthquake is 3.5E+26, equivalent to a magnitude of 7.1 on the
moment magnitude scale . The estimated fault length involved is 63 km.
[1]
The earthquake ruptured the easternmost part of the Yedisu segment (FS3, also known as the Elamalı segment)
[6] and most of the Ilıpınar segment (FS2 & FS1), although it remains unclear whether the rupture continued as far as Karlıova itself.
[7]
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See also
References
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a
b Ellsworth, W.L.
"Appendix D: Magnitude and Area Data for Strike Slip Earthquakes" (PDF) . Earthquake Probabilities in the San Francisco Bay Region: 2002–2031 . Open File Reports. USGS. 03-214. Retrieved 19 January 2011 .
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a
b
c Boğaziçi Üniversitesi.
"Bogazici University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute National Earthquake Monitoring Center (NEMC) List of major earthquakes 1900–2004" (in Turkish). Retrieved 27 August 2010 .
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a
b NGDC.
"Comments for the Significant Earthquake" . Retrieved 27 August 2010 .
^ Ozden, Ali Tolga; Erkan, Burcak (2016). "Disaster Management of Turkey from 1509 to 2010". In Kaneko, Yuka; Matsuoka, Katsumi; Toyoda, Toshihisa (eds.).
Asian Law in Disasters: Toward a Human-Centered Recovery . Milton Park, Oxfordshire:
Routledge . pp. 71–95, page 82.
ISBN
978-1-317-39684-0 . Retrieved 27 September 2021 .
^ Hubert-Ferrari, A.; King, G.; van der Woerd, J.; Villa I., Altunel E. & Armijo R. (2009). "Long-term evolution of the North Anatolian Fault: new constraints from its eastern termination". In van Hinsbergen D.J.J., Edwards M.A. and Govers R. (ed.).
Collision and collapse at the Africa-Arabia-Eurasia subduction zone (PDF) . Special Publications. Vol. 311. London: Geological Society. pp. 133–154.
ISBN
978-1-86239-270-0 . Retrieved 21 January 2011 .
^ Sançar, T.; Akyüz, H.S. (2014).
"Kuzey Anadolu Fay Zonu, Ilıpınar Segmenti'nin (Karlıova, Bingöl) Paleosismolojisi (Paleoseismology of the Ilıpınar Segment (Karlıova, Bingöl), The North Anatolian Fault Zone)" . Türkiye Jeoloji Bülteni (Geological Bulletin of Turkey) (in Turkish). 57 (2): 38.
^ Zabcı, C.; Sançar, T.; Akyüz, H.S.; Kıyak, N.G. (2015).
"Spatial slip behavior of large strike-slip fault belts: Implications for the Holocene slip rates of the eastern termination of the North Anatolian Fault, Turkey" . Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth . 120 (12): 8591–8609.
Bibcode :
2015JGRB..120.8591Z .
doi :
10.1002/2015JB011874 .
^ Barka, A.A.; Kadinsky-Cade, K. (1988). "Strike-slip fault geometry in Turkey and its influence on earthquake activity". Tectonics . 7 (3): 663–684.
Bibcode :
1988Tecto...7..663B .
doi :
10.1029/TC007i003p00663 .
External links
Earthquakes in the 1940s
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1946
Valais (6.1, January 25)
Aleutian Islands (8.6, April 1) †
Varto–Hınıs (5.9, May 31) †
Vancouver Island (7.3, June 23)
Dominican Republic (8.1, Aug 4) ‡†
Sagaing (8.0, 7.8, Sep 12)
Kyrgyzstan (7.6, Nov 2)
Peru (6.8, Nov 10) †
Hsinhua (6.1, Dec 5) †
Nankai (8.1, Dec 21) †
1948
1949 † indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths ‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year