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Turkey Related Subjects => Turkey Discussion Forum (Not Calis specifically) => Topic started by: welshbrickie on March 11, 2011, 08:06:56 AM

Title: earthquakes
Post by: welshbrickie on March 11, 2011, 08:06:56 AM: With the devistating earthquake that has just hit japan,Got me thinking when the next big 1 is due here.Does anyone know when the last big earthquake hit turkey/fethiye???? :o
Title: earthquakes
Post by: valleyboy on March 11, 2011, 08:13:22 AM: 1958'ish, I think, remember seeing some photo's of the damage in Fethiye somewhere, maybe wrong with the year but it was around then.
Title: earthquakes
Post by: Scunner on March 11, 2011, 08:31:41 AM: April 1957 was the last big one. Here is the front page of Hurriyet at that time (I was lucky enough to find it it in a shop in Fethiye):

(http://www.fethiye.co.uk/hurriyet.jpg)
Title: earthquakes
Post by: Julesp on March 11, 2011, 10:26:44 AM: Interestingly I nearly posted this article yesterday

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=a-new-earthquake-may-knock-the-door-official-says-2011-03-10

I think the last big quake to hit Turkey was the one in Istanbul in 1999 I remember it well as I flew home on that day and only learned the news when I got back

Lets hope this recent quake and Tsunami in Japan doesnt claim too may lives
Title: earthquakes
Post by: tribalelder on March 11, 2011, 12:21:50 PM: Strange thing is I was reading on the 'net a few days ago that the next full moon would be the closest to earth it has been for about twenty years. I think the date is the 19th. It was suggested that the increased gravitational pull on the earth would cause all sorts of weather anomalies like earthquakes volcanic activity and tsunamis. Also watched the first part of a disaster movie on Tuesday where the moon was on a collision orbit with the earth :o A bit spooky that in the context of the article and the recent events!
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Post by: starman™ on March 11, 2011, 13:06:20 PM: Last big one was Istanbul in 99. I was in the thick of it and was scary. Official figures say 17000 died but that was the figure they stopped at because they had to mass move everything because of disease. They reckon around 40000 died.
Title: earthquakes
Post by: welshbrickie on March 11, 2011, 17:56:49 PM: thanks for the info hopefully earthquakes will only be small here,Interesting theory about the moons gravity causing earthquakes though
Title: earthquakes
Post by: scorcher on March 12, 2011, 09:03:17 AM: Top heading from a top man - appreciated and echoed by us all I feel sure Keith.
Title: earthquakes
Post by: mike A on March 12, 2011, 12:48:22 PM: quote:
Originally posted by scorcher

Top heading from a top man - appreciated and echoed by us all I feel sure Keith.

Would you like to rephrase that. ;) ;) ;)
Title: earthquakes
Post by: Highlander on March 12, 2011, 13:56:48 PM: Funny MikeA I thought exactly the same:D ;):D
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Post by: scorcher on March 12, 2011, 14:05:11 PM: Oh, ok boys - just check out the top banner....
Title: earthquakes
Post by: Highlander on March 12, 2011, 16:17:05 PM: Scorcher - everyone on here will send their very best wishes to the people of Japan.

It was your description of scunner as a top man that amused us.:D
Title: earthquakes
Post by: mike A on March 12, 2011, 19:37:35 PM: :D:D 8)
Title: earthquakes
Post by: tribalelder on March 15, 2011, 14:42:34 PM: If anyone is interested the second part of the disaster movie I mentioned above is on Digiturk tonight...ch 11 I think at 1830. Anyone noticed the moon is getting much bigger every night: :)