Earthquake Reconnaissance Team Report: Türkiye Earthquake Sequence on February 6, 2023

February 21, 2023

Preliminary reconnaissance report describing geotechnical and structural engineering reconnaissance beginning on February 11, 2023. The team conducted thorough investigations in several towns and cities, including Iskenderun, Antakya, Osmaniye, Kahramanmaras, Gaziantep, Nurdagi, Golbasi, and Antakya. The report covers seismicity, geotechnical findings and geo-structures, performance of residential structures, performance of bridges, Performance of industrial buildings, and critical facilities.

Team Members:

Lead: Gulen Ozkula, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Tugce Baser, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Robert K. Dowell, San Diego State University
Ayse Hortacsu, Applied Technology Council
Cheng-Wei Huang, National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE)
Okan Ilhan, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University
Jui-Liang Lin, National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE)
Ozgun A. Numanoglu, Schnabel Engineering
C. Guney Olgun, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Tunc Deniz Uludag, Martin/Martin Engineering

Read the Report: Earthquake Reconnaissance Team Report: Türkiye Earthquake Sequence on February 6, 2023