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Operation Dost. Operation Dost ( Operation Friend) was the search and rescue operation initiated by the Government of India to aid Syria and Turkey, after the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake devastated both countries on 6 February 2023. [1] The epicenter was 37 km west of Gaziantep, Turkey.
9,748 dead [ 3] 30,000 injured [ 3] 1 million displaced [ 6] The 1993 Latur earthquake struck India at 3:56 am local time ( UTC+05:30) on 30 September. The main area affected is the districts of Latur and Osmanabad, including the Ausa block of Latur and Omerga of Osmanabad in Maharashtra, Western India. [ 7] Fifty-two villages were demolished ...
1,500–1,600 injured [2] 8,800 displaced [2] The 1998 Adana–Ceyhan earthquake occurred at 16:55 local time on 27 June with a moment magnitude of 6.3 and a maximum intensity of IX ( Destructive) on the European macroseismic scale. The total economic loss was estimated at US$1 billion. The event occurred in Cilicia region in southern Turkey ...
Turkey has had many earthquakes. This list includes any notable historical earthquakes that have epicenters within the current boundaries of Turkey, or which caused significant effects in this area. Overall, the population in major cities like Istanbul resides in structures that are a mix of vulnerable and earthquake resistant construction. 1509.
1999 İzmit earthquake. / 40.748; 29.864. The 1999 İzmit earthquake (also known as the 17 August Earthquake or the 1999 Gölcük Earthquake) [9] was a magnitude 7.6 earthquake which struck the Kocaeli Province of Turkey on 17 August 1999. Between 17,127 and 18,373 people died as a result, and it caused an estimated US $6.5 billion in damage. [8]
An earthquake is the shaking of the surface of Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes may also be referred to as quakes, tremors, or temblors. The word tremor is also used for non-earthquake seismic rumbling . In its most general sense, an earthquake is any seismic event ...
India, Pakistan. Max. intensity. MMI X (Extreme) Casualties. 13,805–20,023 dead [2] [3] ~ 166,800 injured [3] The 2001 Gujarat earthquake, also known as the Bhuj earthquake, occurred on 26 January at 08:46 am IST. The epicentre was about 9 km south-southwest of the village of Chobari in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch (Kachchh) District of Gujarat ...
2004 Doğubayazıt earthquake was a 5.1 M w [2] or 5.2 M w [3] earthquake that rocked Doğubayazıt, Ağrı, Turkey on 2 July 2004 at 01.30 local time. Eighteen people were killed [4] and 32 were injured. [5] The greatest damage was at Yığınçal village, [4] while Kutlubulak and Sağlıksuyu villages were also affected. [6]