Earthquake — Turkey: Istanbul, Kocaeli, Sakarya

When

17 Aug 1999

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.6

Where

Turkey

Coordinates

40.76° N, 29.97° E

Deaths

17118

Injuries

50000

Damage musd

20000

Intensity mmi

10

Depth km

13

Earthquake in Kocaeli Province, Turkey

An earthquake of moment magnitude 7.6 struck Kocaeli Province, Turkey, on 17 August 1999. According to official figures, at least 18,373 people died and 48,901 people were injured during the earthquake, and 5,840 people were missing. At least 155 deaths were associated with the tsunami. The damage was estimated at between $12 billion and $20 billion according to various sources such as the World Bank.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 7.6 İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving more than 17,000 dead and around 50,000 injured”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Büyük Marmara Depremi, 7.5 Mw büyüklüğünde merkez üssü Kocaeli'nin Gölcük ilçesi olan depremde 18.373 kişi öldü, 48.901 kişi yaralandı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Erdbeben der Stärke 7,6 im Nordwesten der Türkei mit dem Epizentrum Nähe der Stadt İzmit, etwa 18.000 Tote und 44.000 Verletzte”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Землетрясение на северо-западе Турции”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En la ciudad turca de İzmit, un terremoto de 7,6 deja un saldo de 18.000 muertos y 48.000 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “زلزال أزميد - تركيا، بقوة 7.6 على مقياس درجة العزم”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “土耳其西北部發生芮氏規模7.6的強烈地震，造成超過17000人死亡，44000人受傷。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “トルコ西部で地震（イズミット地震）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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