99/08/17   TURKEY  Ms 7.4

Epicentre 40.64N, 29.83E

At 00.01.38 utc all the stations of I.E.S.N.and PSN around the world have registered a major quake of Ms 7.9 located in northwestern of Turkey.
The quake's epicenter was in Iznit region. Until now, 20000 people died, 50000 injured and thousands under the rubble. The fire tooks the refinery next to the epicenter. People living within 5 Km (3miles) of the refinery have been evacuated. The fire might cause a new disaster. Planes are trying to put out the fire.
The entire area has been declared a disaster zone.
For any who remain alive in the rubble, the next hours will be critical as
the hot summer weather and the oxygen lack. Thousand are reported to be missing in Istambul and elsewhere.

Some images from the epicentre (click to enlarge)

Seismological information

Main events list:

990817      00.01.38  Ms 7.9     -    00.16 Mb 4.8  -  00.57 Mb 4.2  -  01.06 Ml 5.2  -  01.31 Mb 5.2 -  02.42 Mb 5.0  -  02.50 Mb 5.1  -  03.14 Ms 5.8  -   04.20 Mb 5.0  -  05.10 Mb 5.2 -  06.28 Mb 4.2  -  09.02 Mb 5.1  -  11.58  Mb 4.9  -  22.12  Mb 4.1  -                                   990819   13.04  Mb 4.8  -  14.15  Mb 4.7  -  15.17  Mb 5.0     

Waveform  from IESN and Psn stations

Events list and other explanation

Geophysical Turkish Web Site (Kandilli Observatory & Earthquake Research Institute)

Recent events in the area (click to enlarge)

Centroid Moment Tensor solution

The tectonic map and recents events by courtesy of USGS - The images of Reuter

Realization by Francesco Nucera and Ale Paraz.

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