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Yuvacik is south of Izmit and east of Golcuk. It was almost on top of the epicenter. The fault passes beneath this primary school building at Yuvacik. The permanent offset at this location is about one meter. The building is reinforced concrete frame construction with brick infill walls. Note that the brick walls do not seem to be joined at the corner. Children taking cover under the table would have been protected from injury. Image Credit: NOAA National Geophysical Data Center August 17, 1999 Izmit (Kocaeli) Turkey earthquake On August 17, 1999, at 3:02 am local time (00:02 GMT) a magnitude (Mw) 7.4 earthquake occurred on the northern Anatolian fault. The epicenter was located very close to the south shore of the Bay of Izmit, an eastward extension of the Marmara Sea. The location of this earthquake and its proximity to a populous region on the Bay of Izmit contributed greatly to its damaging effects. The total estimated loss for port facilities in the region was around $200 million (US). Subsidence and slumping caused much of the coastal damage, but a tsunami was generated that also caused coastal damage and deaths. Event Data:
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