1855 Bursa earthquake

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The 1855 Bursa earthquake occurred on 28 February[1], with an officially recorded magnitude of 7.5 [2]. And also a devastating precursor quake that took place in Kemalpaşa, a town of Bursa, Turkey caused a severe destruction in all over Bursa and other neighboring cities[3]. and 300 people died and thousands of homes and workplaces were wrecked, and some of the historical monuments and buildings including mosques were collapsed. Subsequently, fire had spread out in the city, which sped up the death toll.

On 11 April 1855[4], an aftershock of the 28 February earthquake was recorded officially as 7.0 magnitude. This aftershock affected the region from Gemlik to Mudanya. 1,300 people were dead.[5] Gökmen-zâde Seyyid el-Hâcî Hüseyin Rıfat Efendî Bursavî wrote about these earthquakes in his book İşaret-numa, written in Ottoman Turkish language.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Boğaziçi Üniversitesi - Kandilli Rasathanesi ve Deprem Araştırma Enstitüsü
  2. ^ Bursa Sağlık Müdürlüğü - Bursa ve Sağlık
  3. ^ T.C. Bursa Valiliği
  4. ^ USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Lists: TURKEY
  5. ^ (Japanese) トルコ災害地震年表
  6. ^ http://yazmalar.mkutup.gov.tr/detay_goster.php?k=80073
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