Istanbul Is Anticipating For A Huge Earthquake.

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“The earthquake with a minimum magnitude of 7.3 is on the way and in a place where 60 percent of the building stock is weak like Istanbul, the outcomes of such an earthquake will be huge,” said Naci Görür, a member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences.

Speaking to Cumhuriyet daily, Görür said that the necessary measures for the upcoming earthquake were not taken.

Turkey has been hit by a series of earthquakes since the start of last week as a 5.2 magnitude quake June 25 jolted Van, while Manisa was rattled June 26 by a 5.2 magnitude tremor.

In the last link of this earthquake series, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit the the Aegean resort town of Marmaris on June 28.

Noting that there were active faults in the continental shelf where Kanal Istanbul, just by Lake Küçükçekmece in Istanbul’s west, reaches Marmara Sea, the academic talked about a possibility of a big tsunami that could follow the earthquake.

He also stressed that if the tsunami waves reach the canal, the perimeter of the canal may be in danger of flooding due to a damming effect.

Meanwhile, the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality prepared an earthquake loss estimate report for 39 districts of the country’s largest metropolis with a population of over 16 million.

 

Full article on Source:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/measures-taken-for-expected-istanbul-earthquake-not-sufficient-says-expert-156125

 

 

Massive earthquakes hit the city every 500 years or so, killing a huge portion of the population and devastating the infrastructure.

 

The last one in 1509 wiped out one fourth of the entire population of the city.

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There was a massive one in 1999 which killed over 17,000 ppl if I remember correctly? Not sure why it says every 500 years unless it’s a much bigger one. Istanbul is bad with Earthquakes. It’s on par with San Francisco or Tokyo

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44 minutes ago, Aussie said:

There was a massive one in 1999 which killed over 17,000 ppl if I remember correctly? Not sure why it says every 500 years unless it’s a much bigger one. Istanbul is bad with Earthquakes. It’s on par with San Francisco or Tokyo

Yup, after that earthquake they even added a special tax for relief for stuff like that, stole TRILLIONS from the people and did nothing to have better buildings/infrastructure /etc. It is my favorite city on earth, but I'm glad I don't live there anymore.