Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

The Turkiye Earthquake Sequence of February 2023: A Longitudinal Study Report by EEFIT

February 8, 2024

This EEFIT Field Mission report, and extended summary in Turkish, details the effects of the Mw 7.8 and Mw 7.5 earthquakes which struck southeastern Türkiye and northern Syria on 6 February 2023. This longitudinal study provides information on Seismotectonics and strong ground motion characteristics; Geotechnical aspects of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake; Structures; Remote Sensing; Infrastructure; and Relief, recovery and reconstruction.