A geophysicist has highlighted the risks of soil liquefaction practice of filling in sea to expand the coastal land for more building spaceand warned against its potential risks.
a possible A large scale earthquake would be devastating for These areas, in particular in West Coast city of Izmir where the provinces like Konak and Karşıyaka have it highest population Density, Senankan Ozeker said, head of Izmir branch of the room of Geophysical engineers.
Our structures are outdated and decades old of thousands of The buildings have not yet received the engineering service because our citizens are not aware of this. So, in issue of a possible The earthquake is between 6.2 and 6.6 magnitude, and the loss of life and property It could be massive.”
Soil liquefaction means collapse or tilt of buildings constructed on saturated soil with water. Eventually regular earthquakes cause Earth under it to lose strength and move buildings above it. Example of This is recorded in October 2020 earthquake destroyed big chunk of Seferihisar district in Izmir.
Noting that this is due to the depth of resonance and the depth of the foundation in Konak and Karsiyaka regions, Özicer said, “It is necessary design structures with Location-specific acceleration values by calculating bedrock depth. For this, deep geophysical methods for more Economical and sensitive results with earthquake resistant structures should Uses in shorter time.”
Öziçer said that an earthquake is like big As the Izmir earthquake is unexpected in Istanbul since the two cities are different in their tectonic structures,” however risk He is higher in Istanbul is where the earth is made of fragile alluvial layer throughout.”
“we need To raise awareness and increase scientific studies that can reduce earthquake damage. The bitter experiences we went through in the past Show importance of Land survey projects. While inspection mechanisms should be growing in Each municipality, unfortunately, in a city like Izmir only 10 of Geophysical engineers are employed in the 30 county municipalities.
like a room of Geophysical Engineers, “We call on everyone to take responsibility against Earthquakes have many factors. There is no pessimism and fear of earthquake; “It is a natural disaster,” he added.
Osizer said that urban transformation should It is accelerated by maintaining social amenities in Izmir and that risk of Loss of It could be life reduced By raising awareness of the basic Disaster, non-structural identification materialsand correcting procedures in the event of earthquake. They say it’s about 1,000 people Died due to non-structural items in 1999 earthquake. So all municipalities should Review and increase their meeting spaces after the disaster.
