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An interferogram image of the rupture caused by the earthquake. The 17 August 1999 earthquake was the seventh in a sequence of westward-migrating seismic sequence along the NAFZ. This earthquake sequence began in 1939 and ruptured along a 1000-km part of the fault zone, with horizontal displacements of up to 7.5 m (25 ft). [6]
This is a list of earthquakes in 1999. ... Turkey was struck by a magnitude 7.6 quake that occurred on August 17 at a depth of 17.0 km (10.6 mi). [73]
The Yalova Earthquake Monument (Turkish: Yalova Deprem Anıtı), aka 17 August 1999 Earthquake Monument (Turkish: 17 Ağustos 1999 Deprem Anıtı), is a monument to commemorate the victims of the 1999 İzmit earthquake in Yalova, Turkey. Situated in the 17 August Memorial Park in Yalova, it was opened at the first anniversary of the earthquake ...
English: Yuvacik is south of Izmit and east of Golcuk. It was almost on top of the epicenter. The fault passes beneath this primary school building at Yuvacik. The permanent offset at this location is about one meter.
August 17 – The 7.6 M w İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving more than 17,000 dead and around 50,000 injured. August 19 – In Belgrade , tens of thousands of Yugoslavs rally to demand the resignation of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milošević .
For U.S. earthquake scientists, Japan's 'megaquake' warning renewed worries about when and how to warn the public if they find clues that the 'big one' might be coming for the West COast.
The benchmark for Wednesday’s 7.4 magnitude quake was 1999’s 7.6 magnitude shock, which saw 2,415 people killed and over 11,000 injured and caused $300 million in damages.
Within hours of the earthquake, the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs had contacted their counterparts in Turkey, and the minister sent his personal envoys to Turkey. On 17 August 1999, and on 13 November 1999, the Greek Ministry of Public Order sent a rescue team of 24 people and two trained rescue dogs.