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The 1919 Ayvalık earthquake struck Balıkesir Province in the Ottoman Empire on 19 November. The earthquake had a moment magnitude of 7.0 and depth of 10 km (6.2 mi).[1] Many homes, minarets and public buildings in Soma, Bergama, Ayvalık, Lesbos, Edremit and Balikesir were damaged or collapsed. An estimated 3,000 people were killed and 16,000 buildings were heavily damaged.[3]
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References
- ^ a b ISC (2022), ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1904-2018), Version 9.1, International Seismological Centre, doi:10.31905/D808B825
- ^ Ambraseys, N. N. (1988). "Engineering seismology: Part I". Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamic. 17 (1): 18. Bibcode:1988EESD...17....1A. doi:10.1002/eqe.4290170101. ISSN 0098-8847.
- ^ Tunc, G. (2017). "Cumhuriyetin ilk Yıllarında Meydana Gelen Depremler Sonrası Uygulamalar ve ilk Türk Deprem Yönetmeliği" [Practices After Earthquakes in the First Years of the Republic and the First Turkish Earthquake Regulation] (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
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External links
- The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.
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