FactSheet: FS2024-E-0002

Title:
Reconnaissance survey on geotechnical damage caused by February 6, 2023, Kahramanmaraş Earthquake, Türkiye

Authour:
Seda SENDIR TORISU¹, Tetsuo TOBITA², Takashi KIYOTA³, Ozer CINICIOGLU⁴, Gokce TONUK⁵, Nikolay MILEV⁶, Juan BRIONES⁷, and Othron BRIONES⁷

¹ Member of JSCE, Civil Engineer, Nuclear Facilities Division, Obayashi Corporation
² Member of JSCE, Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Systems Engineering, Kansai University
³ Member of JSCE, Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
⁴ Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Bogazici University
⁵ Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, MEF University
⁶ Chief Assistant Professor, Faculty of Transportation Eng., Geotechnics, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy
⁷ Engineer, Geofizika EIG Ltd.

Key Facts

• Hazard Type: Earthquake
• Date of the disaster: February 6th, 2023
• Location of the survey: Islahiye, Tepehan, Iskenderun, Antakya, Golbasi, Kahramanmaras
• Date of the field survey: March 29th – April 2nd 2023
• Survey tools: Drone, Digital camera, GPS, Laser rangefinder, Microtremor

Key findings: landslides, liquefaction, inundation, settlement, embankment failure

Key Words: Kahramanmaras Earthquake, geotechnical damage, liquefaction, lateral spread, landslide, inundation, settlement

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