Impact of the February 6, 2023 M7.8 and M7.6 Earthquakes in Türkiye on the Built Environment, and Implications on Seismic Hazard

EERI’s peer-reviewed journal Earthquake Spectra has published a special collection, “Impact of the February 6, 2023 M7.8 and M7.6 Earthquakes in Türkiye on the Built Environment, and Implications on Seismic Hazard,” to document lessons learned from the impacts and recovery. Currently, 31 papers are available to EERI members and Spectra subscribers in the collection, and a few additional publications will be added in the near future.

The published papers can be categorized as follows:

• Ground motion characteristics and damage potential (6 papers)
• Post-earthquake reconnaissance, response, urban resilience (5 papers)
• Geotechnical observations, ground deformations, soil liquefaction (5 papers)
• Damage to reinforced concrete and steel building structures (4 papers)
• Damage to historical masonry structures (2 papers)
• Damage to road bridges (2 papers)
• Damage to earth dams, hydraulic structures, and water systems (3 papers)
• Seismic performance of hospitals (2 papers)
• Damage assessment via neural networks and satellite imagery (2 papers)

The extensive scope of this collection reflects the massive research effort dedicated to understanding these earthquakes, including substantial multi-disciplinary data collection

Special Collection Guest Editors:

• Ayşegül Askan, METU, Ankara, Türkiye
• Eser Çakti, KOERI, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Türkiye
• Kemal Önder Çetin, METU, Ankara, Türkiye
• Ayse Hortacsu, Applied Technology Council, Redwood City, CA, USA
• Ayhan Irfanoglu, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
• Ali Güney Özcebe, EUCENTRE, Pavia, Italy
• Robb Moss, California Polytechnic State University
• Anastasios Sextos, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
• Emel Seyhan, Moody’s, Newark, CA, USA
• Halûk Sucuoğlu, METU, Ankara, Türkiye
• Berna Unutmaz, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye
• Ufuk Yazgan, ITU, Istanbul, Türkiye