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Earthquake In A LEDC
Turkey; 1999
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What Happened?
• Centred around Izmit in Northwest Turkey, the earthquake occurred on Tuesday 17th August 1999.
• It affected an area over a radius of 80km.
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Primary Effects
• included a death toll of approximately 5,500, with another 30,000 injured and 250,000 made homeless.
• Over 100,000 buildings collapsed. • Infrastructure damage included a 1km stretch
of elevated road, numerous railway bridges, and 120 of the city's 150 quays.
• Of 1200 people rescued on the day of the quake, only 300 survived because of the totally inadequate hospital facilities.
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Secondary Effects
• Included outbreaks of cholera and typhoid, due to the polluted water supply.
• People made homeless by the quake had no escape from the intense heat, dust and stench of rotting bodies.
• A few days after the quake there was no water, electricity or sewage systems working.
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Secondary Effects
• The threat of disease was so great that rescue workers had to wear protective gloves and masks, and the cities Gocuk, Yalova and Izmit had large areas quarantined.
• It took the Government in Ankara 48 hours to organise emergency troops to go to the area. Locals were totally unprepared for the disaster, despite it being a common earthquake area.