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M7.2 VAN, TURKEY EARTHQUAKE (with epicenter in Tabanli) PART 1: DAMAGE AND INITIAL SEARCH AND RESCUE

M7.2 VAN, TURKEY EARTHQUAKE (with epicenter in Tabanli) PART 1: DAMAGE AND INITIAL SEARCH AND RESCUE . Dr. Walter Hays Global Alliance For Disaster Reduction. THE TECTONIC SETTING. DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE 1999 KOCALEI EARTHQUAKE.

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M7.2 VAN, TURKEY EARTHQUAKE (with epicenter in Tabanli) PART 1: DAMAGE AND INITIAL SEARCH AND RESCUE

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  1. M7.2 VAN, TURKEY EARTHQUAKE (with epicenter in Tabanli) PART 1: DAMAGE AND INITIAL SEARCH AND RESCUE Dr. Walter Hays Global Alliance For Disaster Reduction

  2. THE TECTONIC SETTING DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE 1999 KOCALEI EARTHQUAKE

  3. OCCURRENCE IN A CONTINENTAL COLLISION ZONE 1:41 PM (6:41 AM EDT)EPICENTER: TABANLI (10 KM FROM VAN CITY) OCTOBER 23, 2011

  4. LOCATION

  5. A REVERSE FAULT

  6. A REVERSE FAULT WITH A SHALLOW FOCAL DEPTHTHE DEPTH OF THE EARTHQUAKE WAS RELATIVELY SHALLOW [(20 KM (12 MI)] AND, THEREFORE, MORE DESTRUCTIVE

  7. THE PROBLEM: BUILDING INVENTORY IS VULNERABLE TO GROUND SHAKING Hundreds of thousands of soft-storey buildings having the same height and construction materials exist throughout Turkey.

  8. PRELIMINARY DAMAGE REPORTSTabanli,Van, and Ercis hit hard Many COLLAPSED BUILDINGS WITH TRAPPED SURVIVORSPOSSIBLY 1,000 DEADURGENT NEED FOR MEDICS

  9. THE SITUATION REQUIRED URGENT SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS IN TIMES LIKE THESE,YOU HAVE TO USE THE EXISTING RESOURCES

  10. SEARCH AND RESCUE IS AN URGENT OPERATION WITH A “GOLDEN PERIOD” OF 24-48 HOURS AFTER THE GOLDEN PERIOD, THE LIKELIHOOD OF A LIVE RESCUE DECREASES RAPIDLY

  11. OCTOBER 23: ALTHOUGH HINDERED BY AFTERSHOCKS AND NIGHTFALL, THE INITIAL SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS, WERE DONE BY FAMILY MEMBERS AND BYSTANDERS,

  12. PARTIAL COLLAPSEES

  13. COLLAPSE: VAN CITY

  14. COLLAPSE: VAN CITY

  15. ERCIS: FAMILY MEMBERS PERFORM SEARCH AND RESCUE

  16. INSTANTANEOUS SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS

  17. TABANLI: BYSTANDERS PULL PEOPLE FROM THE RUBBLE

  18. BYSTANDERS PULLED PEOPLE FROM THE RUBBLE

  19. ERCIS: COLLAPSE

  20. ERCIS: SEARCH AND RESCUE

  21. TENTS BEING DISTRIBUTED BY RED CRESCENT SOCIETY

  22. ERCIS: NO POWER

  23. SEARCH AND RESCUE

  24. M7.2 VAN, TURKEY EARTHQUAKE PART 2: DAMAGE AND SEARCH AND RESCUE WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT

  25. OCTOBER 24: URGENT SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS ACCELERATED WITH USE OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT

  26. ERCIS: STANDING AND COLLAPSED BUILDINGS

  27. ERCIS: ONE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH WITH BARE HANDS

  28. ERCIS: SEARCH AND RESCUE

  29. ERCIS: SEARCH AND RESCUE

  30. ERCIS: A RESCUE

  31. ERCIS: A RESCUE

  32. AS TURKEY IMPLEMENTED ITS S AND R, OFFERS OF INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE POURED IN EXAMPLES: NATO, IRAN, ISRAEL, EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, USA

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