Determination of Urban Earthquake Risk for Kırşehir, Turkey

Predicting the outcomes of earthquakes before they occur is one of the fundamental components of modern disaster management. Loss estimation analyses have an important place at the assessment stage of earthquakes and in estimation of losses that earthquakes may lead to. With these analyses, it is po...

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Main Authors: Ercan Isik, Coskun Sagir, Zuhal Tozlu, Umit Salim Ustaoglu
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Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2019-07-01
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Online Access:https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/esrj/article/view/60255
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Coskun Sagir
Zuhal Tozlu
Umit Salim Ustaoglu
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description Predicting the outcomes of earthquakes before they occur is one of the fundamental components of modern disaster management. Loss estimation analyses have an important place at the assessment stage of earthquakes and in estimation of losses that earthquakes may lead to. With these analyses, it is possible to access information that is relevant to potential damages and losses. In this paper, loss estimation analyses were carried out by using the earthquake scenario which foresaw a previous earthquake that was experienced in an around Kırşehir which is seismically active and located in the Central Anatolia Region in Turkey. The 1938 Akpınar earthquake which occurred in and around the province of Kırşehir was taken into consideration as an earthquak escenario, and loss estimation analyses were conducted for this earthquake scenario. In this paper, significant contributions will be made for preparation of an earthquake master plan and risk management plan for Kırşehir. Besides, studies on reduction of earthquake losses in the region may utilise these results.
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spelling doaj-art-ca43128f65bd4fc797d2b5fbd31127fc2025-08-20T03:53:38ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaEarth Sciences Research Journal1794-61902019-07-0123323724710.15446/esrj.v23n3.6025551763Determination of Urban Earthquake Risk for Kırşehir, TurkeyErcan Isik0Coskun Sagir1Zuhal Tozlu2Umit Salim Ustaoglu3Bitlis Eren ÜniversitesiBitlis Eren ÜniversitesiBitlis Eren ÜniversitesiBitlis Eren ÜniversitesiPredicting the outcomes of earthquakes before they occur is one of the fundamental components of modern disaster management. Loss estimation analyses have an important place at the assessment stage of earthquakes and in estimation of losses that earthquakes may lead to. With these analyses, it is possible to access information that is relevant to potential damages and losses. In this paper, loss estimation analyses were carried out by using the earthquake scenario which foresaw a previous earthquake that was experienced in an around Kırşehir which is seismically active and located in the Central Anatolia Region in Turkey. The 1938 Akpınar earthquake which occurred in and around the province of Kırşehir was taken into consideration as an earthquak escenario, and loss estimation analyses were conducted for this earthquake scenario. In this paper, significant contributions will be made for preparation of an earthquake master plan and risk management plan for Kırşehir. Besides, studies on reduction of earthquake losses in the region may utilise these results.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/esrj/article/view/60255máximo urban arealoss estimationkırşehirturkeyearthquake
spellingShingle Ercan Isik
Coskun Sagir
Zuhal Tozlu
Umit Salim Ustaoglu
Determination of Urban Earthquake Risk for Kırşehir, Turkey
Earth Sciences Research Journal
máximo urban area
loss estimation
kırşehir
turkey
earthquake
title Determination of Urban Earthquake Risk for Kırşehir, Turkey
title_full Determination of Urban Earthquake Risk for Kırşehir, Turkey
title_fullStr Determination of Urban Earthquake Risk for Kırşehir, Turkey
title_full_unstemmed Determination of Urban Earthquake Risk for Kırşehir, Turkey
title_short Determination of Urban Earthquake Risk for Kırşehir, Turkey
title_sort determination of urban earthquake risk for kirsehir turkey
topic máximo urban area
loss estimation
kırşehir
turkey
earthquake
url https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/esrj/article/view/60255
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