Report on Shelter Needs
Read the Report: Shelter report for the October 23 2011 Eastern Turkey Earthquake (1.54 MB PDF)
COSMO-Skymed Image of Van
Acquisition details: Satellite ID : SAR4 Polarization: HH Record number: 100720552 Sensor Mode: STR_HIMAGE Lookside: R Missing line percentage:0 Start time: 10/10/11 3:12:57 PM.557 Number of gaps: 0 Stop time: 10/10/11 3:13:05 PM.102 Pass direction: Descending Near Range Incidence Angle: 27.752 degrees Orbit number: 5015 Far Range Incidence Angle: 30.948 degrees […]
COSMO-SkyMed SAR pixel offsets Map
Download the Google Earth kmz file: COSMO-SkyMed SAR pixel offsets Map The KMZ file and an image made from it are also available on the GEO Supersite: http://supersites.earthobservations.org/van.php#Fri2 Image caption information: COSMO-SkyMed (CSK) SAR pixel offsets (sub-pixel correlation) map of displacements in the radar line-of-sight (28 degrees from vertical and roughly west). Derived from CSK scenes acquired […]
Maps from USGS
Figure 1. Instrumental Intensity. Figure 2. Earthquake Density map. Figure 3. Probabilistic Intensity map. Figure 4. Historic Seismicity.
2011 Turkey Earthquake Strong Motion Records
See the processed and raw strong-motion data: 2011 Van Earthquake strong motion records (The processed recordings are in SMC format.) Raw data are posted on the Institution website: TR-NSMN Database Information
Damage Assessment and Geographic Reference Maps
See the Maps: Earthquake in Turkey on October 23, 2011
GEO’s Eastern Turkey Event Supersite
Se the Information: GEO’s Van (Eastern Turkey) Event Website
Geology map and Active fault map for Turkey
Geology map for Turkey (prepared and published by the Institute of Mineral Research and Exploration, Ankara, Turkey): Figure 1. Geology map (Scale 1:500,000) – Part a. Figure 2. Geology map (Scale 1:500,000) – Part b. Figure 3. Geology map Legend. Active fault map of Turkey: Figure […]
Photos of Earthquake Damage
Damage to structures with asmolen floors (similar to flat plate): Figure 1 Figure 2 Damage to village masonry houses: Figure 3 Figure 4
Aftershocks and Slip Distribution Results
Eric Bergman’s relocations (red); and Turkey’s aftershock locations (yellow). Cross-sections are taken perpendicular to WCMT planes. The slip distribution is pinned to an early hypocenter relocation from Eric, and a depth of 16 km. More information on this link: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000j9rr#finite-fault Figure 1. Moment rate function. Figure 2. Slip distribution map. Figure […]