{"id":275739,"date":"2023-09-07T12:14:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T09:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/?p=275739"},"modified":"2023-09-07T12:14:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T09:14:18","slug":"here-are-the-21-safest-cities-in-turkey-in-terms-of-destructive-earthquakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/here-are-the-21-safest-cities-in-turkey-in-terms-of-destructive-earthquakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are Turkey's 21 safest provinces in terms of destructive earthquakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Geophysical Engineer Prof. Dr. \u00d6vg\u00fcn Ahmet Ercan made a statement on his social media account.<\/p>\n<p><strong>21 PROVINCES RANKED<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Drawing attention to the earthquake reality in Turkey, Ercan used the following expressions;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTurkey's safest leading provinces in terms of destructive earthquakes: K\u0131rklareli, Zonguldak, Kastamonu, Sinop, Samsun, Giresun, Ordu, Trabzon, Rize, Artvin, Mardin, Siirt, Batman, \u015e.Urfa, Mersin, Antalya, Konya, Karaman, Ni\u011fde, Nev\u015fehir, Ankara.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"tr\">Turkey's safest leading provinces in terms of destructive earthquakes: K\u0131rklareli, Zonguldak, Kastamonu, Sinop, Samsun, Giresun, Ordu, Trabzon, Rize, Artvin, Mardin, Siirt, Batman, \u015e.Urfa, Mersin, Antalya, Konya, Karaman, Ni\u011fde, Nev\u015fehir, Ankara.<\/p>\n<p>- Prof. Dr. \u00d6vg\u00fcn Ahmet Ercan (@ovgunaercan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ovgunaercan\/status\/1699436529154662560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHICH DISTRICTS ARE THE MOST RISKY IN ISTANBUL?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The earthquake map of Istanbul divides the earthquake-prone areas of the city into three categories: low, medium and high risk.<\/p>\n<p>Low-risk districts and neighborhoods in Istanbul are Pendik, Kad\u0131k\u00f6y, Kartal, \u00dcmraniye, \u015eile, \u00dcsk\u00fcdar, Dar\u0131ca, Erenk\u00f6y, \u00c7engelk\u00f6y, Suadiye, Altunizade, Polonezk\u00f6y, Emin\u00f6n\u00fc, Rumelihisar\u0131, Adalar, Be\u015fikta\u015f, \u0130\u00e7erenk\u00f6y, Sar\u0131yer, Ni\u015fanta\u015f\u0131, \u0130stinye, G\u00fcltepe, Ka\u011f\u0131thane, Taksim, Arnavutk\u00f6y, \u015ei\u015fli and Levent.<\/p>\n<p>Moderately risky districts and neighborhoods in Istanbul are \u00dcsk\u00fcdar Sinkhole, Tarabya Sinkhole, Tophane, \u00c7ay\u0131rba\u015f\u0131 Sinkhole, the embankments in Ortak\u00f6y, Kurba\u011fal\u0131dere, Alibeyk\u00f6y, Moda Coast, Silivri, Fatih, G\u00fcm\u00fc\u015fyaka and Topkap\u0131.<\/p>\n<p>Areas in Istanbul at high risk of earthquakes are Zeytinburnu, K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck\u00e7ekmece, Florya, Esenkent, Ispartakule, Ambarl\u0131, Avc\u0131lar and Haramidere.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/im.haberturk.com\/2023\/02\/28\/3569674_16af3d3565b66776f5993354b8264426_640x640.jpg\" alt=\" \" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>ISTANBUL'S MOST EARTHQUAKE-PRONE REGIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the statement made by earthquake experts; Beyo\u011flu and Fatih districts are the oldest districts in terms of structure in Istanbul. These regions are seen as the places that will be most affected by the earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the age of the buildings in Istanbul, Fatih (Historical Peninsula), which ranks second after Beyo\u011flu as the oldest district, stands out as the district that will be most affected by the earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Fatih, Zeytinburnu, Bak\u0131rk\u00f6y, Florya, Menek\u015fe-Kanarya and Cumhuriyet neighborhoods of K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck\u00e7ekmece, Avc\u0131lar, Pekmez and Pinarkent neighborhoods of G\u00fcrp\u0131nar in Beylikd\u00fcz\u00fc, Deveba\u011f\u0131rtan region of B\u00fcy\u00fck\u00e7ekmece, Kumburgaz and Silivri, as well as Tekirda\u011f and Marmara Ere\u011flisi will be severely affected by the earthquake.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/im.haberturk.com\/2023\/02\/28\/3569674_2e5c6e9765dc119267c181da567cf400_640x640.jpg\" alt=\" \" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>ISTANBUL EARTHQUAKE RISK MAP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The risk map in Istanbul, where the North Anatolian Fault line is located, is as in the image. Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality last updated the analysis of 39 districts in Istanbul in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality prepared the project for updating earthquake loss estimates for Istanbul in 2019. Earthquake loss estimates obtained for a 7.5 magnitude earthquake scenario in Istanbul, superstructure and infrastructure damages, loss of life and number of injured estimates, road closure analyses and temporary shelter needs were calculated for each district customized for districts and related maps were produced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EARTHQUAKE-RESISTANT DISTRICTS ON THE EUROPEAN SIDE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beyoglu<\/p>\n<p>Besiktas<\/p>\n<p>Sisli<\/p>\n<p>Kagithane<\/p>\n<p>Gaziosmanpasa<\/p>\n<p>Important part of Esenler<\/p>\n<p>Kemerburgaz - Gokturk<\/p>\n<p>Sultanbeyli<\/p>\n<p>High areas of Beykoz far from the coast<\/p>\n<p>A section of Maltepe far from the coast<\/p>\n<p>Cekmekoy<\/p>\n<p>Sultangazi<\/p>\n<p>Most of Ba\u015fak\u015fehir<\/p>\n<p>A part of Sar\u0131yer far from the coast<\/p>\n<p>Arnavutkoy<\/p>\n<p>Maslak<\/p>\n<p>Alibeykoy<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISTRICTS AND DISTRICTS WITH MEDIUM EARTHQUAKE RISK IN ISTANBUL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Besiktas,<\/p>\n<p>Ortakoy Dereboyu,<\/p>\n<p>Istinye pit,<\/p>\n<p>Tarabya pit,<\/p>\n<p>Uskudar pit,<\/p>\n<p>Beylerbeyi pit,<\/p>\n<p>Kucuksu pit,<\/p>\n<p>Pa\u015fabah\u00e7e-Beykoz pit,<\/p>\n<p>Topkapi,<\/p>\n<p>Bakirkoy,<\/p>\n<p>Garden houses,<\/p>\n<p>Merter,<\/p>\n<p>Sirinevler (part of),<\/p>\n<p>Halkali,<\/p>\n<p>Nakkasdere,<\/p>\n<p>Esenkent,<\/p>\n<p>Omerli,<\/p>\n<p>Buyukcekmece,<\/p>\n<p>Tepecik (Tepecik, Ak\u00f6ren and the southern part of Pomak),<\/p>\n<p>Selimpasa,<\/p>\n<p>Silivri,<\/p>\n<p>Bag,<\/p>\n<p>Silveryaka,<\/p>\n<p>Kavakl\u0131,<\/p>\n<p>Yakuplu,<\/p>\n<p>Esenyurt,<\/p>\n<p>Hunters,<\/p>\n<p>Ambarli,<\/p>\n<p>Firuzkoy,<\/p>\n<p>K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck\u00e7ekmece,<\/p>\n<p>Florya, Yesilkoy,<\/p>\n<p>Atakoy and Zeytinburnu,<\/p>\n<p>Meadowhead pit,<\/p>\n<p>Karakoy, Tophane,<\/p>\n<p>Sal\u0131pazar\u0131, Ortak\u00f6y (in-fill sections),<\/p>\n<p>Job,<\/p>\n<p>Alibeykoy,<\/p>\n<p>S\u00fctl\u00fcce,<\/p>\n<p>Balat,<\/p>\n<p>Kas\u0131mpa\u015fa and the coastal part of G\u00fcng\u00f6ren,<\/p>\n<p>Kad\u0131k\u00f6y (Kurbagalidere),<\/p>\n<p>Fashion (the part facing the sea),<\/p>\n<p>Kucukyali,<\/p>\n<p>Eagle (Rahman division),<\/p>\n<p>Tuzla (stream part),<\/p>\n<p>Dilovasi,<\/p>\n<p>Emin\u00f6n\u00fc (Cankurtaran, \u015eehzadeba\u015f\u0131, Fatih, \u00c7ar\u015famba, the part south of Edirnekap\u0131).<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHICH DISTRICTS IN ISTANBUL ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE TO EARTHQUAKES?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zeytinburnu Ayamama Creek,<\/p>\n<p>Nakka\u015fdere alluvium east of K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck\u00e7ekmece Lake,<\/p>\n<p>Azapl\u0131 region (low-lying areas of Alt\u0131n\u015fehir),<\/p>\n<p>Ispartakule (western parts of Alibey Peninsula),<\/p>\n<p>Canary (Firuzk\u00f6y coast),<\/p>\n<p>Esenkent,<\/p>\n<p>Avc\u0131lar (shores facing K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck\u00e7ekmece Lake and Marmara Sea),<\/p>\n<p>Ambarl\u0131 and Haramidere,<\/p>\n<p>The parts where Atakoy is located,<\/p>\n<p>Florya (landslide areas to the west) K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck\u00e7ekmece coast.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeofizik Y\u00fcksek M\u00fchendisi Prof. Dr. \u00d6vg\u00fcn Ahmet Ercan, sosyal medya hesab\u0131ndan a\u00e7\u0131klamada bulundu. 21 \u0130L SIRALADI T\u00fcrkiye\u2019deki deprem ger\u00e7e\u011fine dikkat \u00e7eken Ercan, \u015fu ifadeleri kulland\u0131; \u201cY\u0131k\u0131c\u0131 deprem bak\u0131m\u0131ndan T\u00fcrkiye\u2019nin en g\u00fcvenli \u00f6nde gelen illeri: K\u0131rklareli, Zonguldak, Kastamonu, Sinop,\u00a0Samsun, Giresun, Ordu, Trabzon, Rize, Artvin , Mardin, Siirt, Batman, \u015e.Urfa, Mersin, Antalya, Konya, Karaman, Ni\u011fde, Nev\u015fehir, Ankara.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":277909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-275739","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gundem"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}