A preliminary report on the February 6, 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye
POSTED ON FEBRUARY 24, 2023 BY TEMBLOR
At 4:17 a.m. on Feb. 6, 2023, a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck near Pazarcık City in south-central Türkiye, followed by a magnitude-7.5 event about 9 hours later. In this report, scientists from Türkiye explain what happened, including the complexity of the rupture itself, ground motion, building codes, and damages.
By M. Erdik, Turkish Earthquake Foundation, M. B. D. Tümsa, Turkish Earthquake Foundation, A. Pınar, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, E. Altunel, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Engineering Faculty, Department of Geology, 26040 Eskişehir-Turkey, A. C. Zülfikar, Gebze Technical University, Department of Civil Engineering
Citation: Erdik, M., Tümsa, M. B. D., Pınar, A., Altunel, E., and Zülfikar, A. C. 2023, A preliminary report on the February 6, 2023 Earthquake in Türkiye, http://doi.org/10.32858/temblor.297