Duzce, Turkey: A City Hit by Two Major Earthquakes in 1999 within Three Months

Research Article| November 01, 2001 Duzce, Turkey: A City Hit by Two Major Earthquakes in 1999 within Three Months Haluk Sucuoglu; Haluk Sucuoglu Middle East Technical University Earthquake Engineering Research Center Ankara 06531 Turkey sucuoglu@ce.metu.edu.tr (H.S.) Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Tolga Yilmaz Tolga Yilmaz Middle East Technical University Earthquake Engineering Research Center Ankara 06531 Turkey sucuoglu@ce.metu.edu.tr (H.S.) Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Seismological Research Letters (2001) 72 (6): 679–689. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.72.6.679 Article history first online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Haluk Sucuoglu, Tolga Yilmaz; Duzce, Turkey: A City Hit by Two Major Earthquakes in 1999 within Three Months. Seismological Research Letters 2001;; 72 (6): 679–689. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.72.6.679 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search Turkey experienced two major earthquakes in 1999 which occurred 86 days apart on the North Anatolian Fault system. On 17 August 1999, the Mw 7.4 Kocaeli earthquake broke the 140 km long western part of the 1,200 km North Anatolian Fault in a multiple rupture process. The fault rupture in the eastward direction propagated almost to Düzce and stopped 12 km away from the city. On 12 November 1999, the Mw 7.2 Düzce earthquake ruptured another 40 km segment of the same fault that was broken during the August event, but further toward the east. The second rupture... You do not currently have access to this article.