The 1970 Gediz earthquake (also known as the 1970 Kütahya-Gediz earthquake) struck western Turkey on 28 March at about 23:02 local time with an estimated magnitude of 7.2 on the Ms scale..
Gediz, a district of Kütahya Province situated 98km (81mi) southeast of Kütahya, was a town that experienced repeated natural disasters including earthquakes and floods. It was relocated following a government resolution soon after the destruction to a new location that was 7 km (4.3 mi) away on the road to Uşak with the new name of Yeni Gediz (English: New Gediz).
The residents moved in their newly built, earthquake-resistant homes. Neighboring towns and villages were also rebuilt at places with relative minimum earthquake risk.[1]
Other major earthquakes occurred in Gediz in 1866 and 1896, and on June 25, 1944, at 07:20 local time, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred in Gediz, killing 20 people and damaging around 3,500 buildings.[1]
Damage and casualties
The earthquake killed 1,086 people, injured 1,260 people, and left many thousands homeless in Gediz.[1][3] Many people were burned alive as fires broke out from overturned stoves, and 9,452 buildings in the region were severely damaged or destroyed.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Kütahya Gediz İlçesi-1970 Gediz Depremi" (in Turkish). Kültür Sanat. Archived from the original on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ^ Ambraseys, N. N. (1988). "Engineering seismology: Part I". Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. 17 (1). Table IV. List of the larger shallow earthquakes (M,>5.9) in Turkey and neighbouring regions for the period 1899–1986. Bibcode:1988EESD...17....1A. doi:10.1002/eqe.4290170101. ISSN 0098-8847.
- ^ "Gediz" (in Turkish). Kütahya Tanıtım. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
External links
- The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.
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