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.
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| 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.