Recording from the EERI Learning from Earthquakes Program and the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association Advance Team reconnaissance briefing webinar on the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake sequence in Turkey held on March 20, 2023.
A joint EERI-GEER advance reconnaissance team conducted field visits in the disaster zone in southern Turkey from February 15-20. The team traveled over 1,500 km in the regions affected, first along a north-to-south path, and then east-to-west in the southern third of the region. They collected perishable geotechnical data, made observations of structural damage, and assessed needs and opportunities for future reconnaissance. The four members of the team presented initial findings on topics including surface fault rupture and liquefaction, often combined, impacts to structures and lifelines, and emergency response. Speakers Included: Özgür Kozacı, Mott MacDonald. Robb Moss, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo Ayşe Hortacsu, Applied Technology Council Ayhan İrfanoğlu, Purdue University.
