Join us for a joint webinar from the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute’s (EERI’s) Learning From Earthquakes (LFE) program and the Social Science Extreme Events Research Network (SSEER) network. The webinar will share observations and findings from the EERI-SSEER reconnaissance team that traveled to Turkey in October 2024 to conduct follow-up reconnaissance on the impacts of the February 6, 2023, Kahramanmaras Earthquake Sequence. Team members conducted reconnaissance on issues in recovery and resilience in the areas of employment, schools, and housing. The team also focused on capturing lessons that can inform the development of functional recovery codes and standards.
The webinar session will highlight the latest report from this reconnaissance. It summarizes observations of progress made in redeveloping communities and restoring housing and businesses 20 months post-earthquake.
A new repository of engineering and social science data collected by the team is also now available. Data can be reused to inform similar research studies and further analysis.
In advance of this session, we invite participants to access additional resources from EERI including the 2023 Kahramanmaras, Turkey Earthquake Sequence site and the special collection from EERI’s peer-reviewed journal Earthquake Spectra. The collection features more than two dozen articles released on the two-year anniversary of the quake. Please also see this Natural Hazards Center Quick Response Report “Communication and Coordination Networks in the 2023 Kahramanmaras Earthquakes.”
Speakers:
Süleyman Çelik, Anadolu University
Burçak Başbuğ, Middle East Technical University
Egemen Sönmez, İzmir University of Economics
Michael Mieler, ARUP, Learning From Earthquakes Co-Chair (moderator)
CONVERGE is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation, Program on Humans, Disasters, and the Built Environment (Award #1841338). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.