Collection Of Articles About Major Earthquakes In The World

Turkey Earthquake: Great earthquake in Europe with a Fatal Total Destruction

EUROPEAN EARTHQUAKE - EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY - IZMIT EARTHQUAKE - TECTONIC EARTHQUAKE - KOCAELI GOLCUK EARTHQUAKE 


  Turkey Earthquake of 1999 which is located in Izmit, Turkey's northwestern state was commonly known as Kocaeli earthquake Golcuk.

   Golcuk Kocaeli earthquake was a magnitude 7.6 earthquake that ritcher scale that struck northwestern Turkey on 17 August 1999 for 37 seconds.

Izmit Earthquake


   Victims killed in this incident about 17 thousand people, Namu many sources say at least 45,000 people were killed.

   Kocaeli Earthquake Victims injured in Golcuk about 47 thousand people, about 50,000 buildings destroyed and half a million people homeless.

Kocaeli Earthquake Izmit earthquake or Golcuk is the largest earthquake in the history of Turkey.

It was a horrible event.

Terrible Earthquake: Chichi Earthquake (Taiwan) in 1999

ASIAN EARTHQUAKE - EARTHQUAKE IN TAIWAN - CHICHI EARTHQUAKE - TECTONIC EARTHQUAKE - EPICENTRUM OF EARTHQUAKE 1999


Nantou Monument Memorial 1999



   Chichi earthquake has a strength of 7.3-scale earthquake ritcher. The quake epicenter is located in southwest Lake Sun Moon. precisely located at latitude 23.85 degrees north of the point and longitude 120.82 degrees east at that point. Chichi earthquake depth is 8 kilometers

   Chichi earthquake in Taiwan earthquakes commonly called 921.
Why call an earthquake in 921?
  * the answer is because the quake occurred at 1:47:15:9 CST / 17:47:15:9 UTC on 21 Sepetember 1999 in the area Chichi, Nantou, Taiwan.

  Taiwan quake death toll raises quite a lot. In the estimated 2416 people died instantly. and 11,400 wounded.