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Turkey 1992
Earthquake
Turkey 1992
Erzincan
Study
MPWS
authors
Ministry of Public Works and Resettlement General Directorate of Disaster Affairs
Date
Damage Scale
European Macroseismic Scale (Conseil de L'Europe)
Notes
Three damage scales were identified in the MPWS report: Destroyed buildings, moderate damage and slight damage. These were assigned to the European Macroseismic D0 to D5 damage scale as D1, D3 and D5.
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id
Damage Levels
225
D1
Light damage
MPWS assigned light damage, which we infer to mean D1 - Negligible to slight (no structural damage, slight non-structural damage)
226
D3
Moderate damage
MPWS assign a class of moderate damage which we infer to be D3 - Substantial to heavy damage (moderate structural, heavy non-structural damage)
227
D5
Buildings destroyed
MPWS assign that buildings are destroyed which we infer to be D5 - Destruction (very heavy structural damage)
id
Building Classes
189
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Çardakli
Çarsi
Çay
Aksemsettin
Aslanli
Ataturk
Avcilar
Bahçelievler
Barbaros
Başpınar
Bugdayli
Buyuk Kadagan
Cumhuriyet
Denizdami
Erzincan
Fatih
Gunebakan
Halitpasa
Hocabey
Inonu
Isikpinar
Karaagaç
Karakaya
Kazim Karabekir
Kizilay
Mertekli
Mimar Sinan
Saztepe
Taksim
Uzumlu
Yavuz Selim
Yeminmahalle
Yunus Emre