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National Geophysical Data Center
The Natural Hazards Data Resources Directory has been made available online by NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center with funding from the Institute for Business and Home Safety.
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The following organization provides Earthquake data for Turkey.


Earthquake Research Department, Turkey

    Director
    General Directorate of Disaster Affairs
    Ministry of Public Works and Settlement
    Earthquake Research Department
    PK.7 63 Kizilay
    Ankara
    Turkey
    Telephone: [90] 312-287-3645
    Fax: [90] 312-285-5304
    Website: http://www.deprem.gov.tr/

The Earthquake Research Department of Ankara, Turkey maintains computer catalogs and reports of Turkish earthquakes, some dating back to 1880. The Department also deals with earthquake preparedness procedures, mapping and zoning of earthquake-prone areas, and earthquake research, some on the international level through joint projects with other countries. The Department is divided into three divisions:

Earthquake Engineering Division
The main duties of this division are as follows: to provide the necessary measures for constructing earthquake resistant structures, and to provide and develop basic principles of rehabilitation of structures damaged by earthquakes.

Seismology Division
This division is responsible for the establishment, operation and development of National Seismological Observation Network and to carry out microseismic activity monitoring within the Turkish-German project on earthquake prediction. Thsi division is also charged with studying aftershock activities.

Laboratory Division
This division is in charge of carrying out two international joint projects. The first one is a Turkish-German project of earthquake prediction, and the other is a Turkish-Japanese project regarding the Earthquake Disaster Prevention Research Center.
This section is also responsible for building and updating a GIS which covers earthquakes and other data for the whole country. It also sets up and operates the strong motion recording stations covering the whole country.

Hard copy and computer copy format are available.

Information is available upon written request or through an FTP site.

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