Earthquake of Bursa
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In 28th February 1855[1], the earthquake was recorded officially 7.5 [2]in magnitude . And also a devastating precursor quake that occurred in Kemalpaşa, a town of Bursa caused a severe destruction in all over Bursa and other neighboring cities [3]. and 300 people died and thousands of homes and workplaces were wrecked . and some of the historical monuments and buildings including mosques were collapsed . Subsequently, the fire had spread out in the city speeded up the death toll .
And In 11th April 1855[4], an aftershock of the 28 February earthquake occurred was recorded officially as 7.0 magnitude . this aftershock affected the region from Gemlik to Mudanya . 1300 people were died.[5] Gökmen-zâde Seyyid el-Hâcî Hüseyin Rıfat Efendî Bursavî wrote about these earthquakes in his book İşaret-numa written in Ottoman language.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.koeri.boun.edu.tr/sismo/Depremler/thistoric.htm
- ^ http://www.bsm.gov.tr/tezakir.htm
- ^ http://www.bursa.gov.tr/deprem/deprem04.htm
- ^ http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/1999/eq_990817/eq_list.html
- ^ http://www.aicat.org/aicat/turky/turkyeq.html
- ^ http://yazmalar.mkutup.gov.tr/detay_goster.php?k=80073
