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Detailed specific example: Türkiye - Coggle Diagram
Detailed specific example: Türkiye
Causes
Anatolian plate boundary movement:sliding past each other
Conservative/transform plate boundary
Africa plate
Arabian plate
Antalion plate
Impacts
Physical geography
Tsunami in Mediterranean sea
Physical geography
Time of day, 4:17am
People asleep
More deaths
Human impacts
59 259 deaths
14 million affected
1.5 million homeless
2 million evacuated
Infrastructure damage
Damage to communication channels
4 million buildings damaged
Damage to emergency buildings
Economic impacts
20% of Türkiye's agriculture affected
Fourth costliest earthquake on record
$14.8 billion damage in Syria
$104 billion damage in Türkiye
Brief information
6th February 2023 4:17am
7.8 magnitude, 12 on Mercalli scale
Nine hours later, 7.7 magnitude earthquake followed
30 000 aftershocks
Responses
Local and international
Primary responses:
Free flights for people to evacuate
Local emergency personnel - emergency action
Rescued about 8000 people within the first week
Mobile kitchens - food for affected areas
Mosques, shopping malls, schools, and community centres
Used for shelter for homeless and due to freezing winter storm
Türkiye government declared state of emergency
Funds available for urgent assistance
Türkiye's requested assistance from the international community
Emergency personnel, aid, clothing, medicines, food, and shelter
Secondary responses:
Compensation for lost homes, funds available for relocation and rent help
Rebuild infrastruture in areas damaged by the earthquake
Rebuild homes and communication systems
Emergency categories and number of people saved
Health workers: 5000 people
NGO volunteers: 30 000 people
Search and rescue: 60000 people
International personnel: 141 000 people
Managing the impacts of earthquakes in Türkiye
Officials need to carefully check that strict building codes are met
Türkiye is expected to recieve more heatwaves and droughts in the future
New buildings need to take ventilation and insulation into consideration
Total reconstruction costs are expected to exceed $100 billion
The Turkish government announced a plan to build
Strengthening existinng buildings to sustain light, non-structural damage
Redeveloping roads and bridges that were damaged
Build several non-resedential buildings, e.g. schools and hospitals
448 000 earthquake-resistant homes within the first year
