Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye Earthquake Sequence: Observations of Recovery 20 Months After

February 6, 2025

This report summarizes preliminary observations of an interdisciplinary reconnaissance team that traveled to selected regions of Türkiye to document recovery approximately 20 months after the devastating Kahramanmaraş earthquake sequence that struck southeast Türkiye and northern Syria on 6 February 2023. The team, jointly funded by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Learning from Earthquakes (LFE) program and the Social Science Extreme Events Research (SSEER), comprised engineering and social sciences researchers from the United States, Canada, and Türkiye.

Suggested Citation: Mieler, M., H. Sezen, C. Molina Hutt, S. Loos, L. Comfort, B. Başbuğ, S. Çelik, A. Demiryurek, A. Hortacsu, E. Sönmez (2025). “2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye Earthquake Sequence: Observations of Recovery 20 Months After”, in EERI-SSEER 2023 Kahramanmaras, Turkiye Earthquake Sequence Reconnaissance. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-kbp7-df36

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