“There can be more than 7 earthquakes at any one time”

The Parliamentary Inquiry Commission on Measures to be Taken Against Earthquakes met under the chairmanship of Deputy Recep Uncuoğlu of the AK Sakarya Party.

The Commission, the president of AFAD Güllüoğlu, the board member and the coordinator of the Insurance Institution for Natural Disasters (DASK) Erdal Turgut, the General Directorate of the MTA, the Department of Geological Studies, the Coordinator of Research of Earth Sciences, Assoc. Dr. Selim Özalp, Director of the Kandilli Earthquake Research Institute and Observatory at Boğaziçi University Prof. Dr. Haluk Özener and TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center Director of the Institute of Marine and Earth Sciences Prof. Dr. Heard Abdullah Karaman.

AFAD President Güllüoğlu, in his presentation to the committee, prepared himself according to the regions that emphasized that Turkey’s earthquake map will determine how the building will be made.

Turkey is an earthquake that occurs in the Güllüoğlu generation pointing, 38 thousand 237 in 2017, 892 in 2018, 22 thousand, 23 thousand 644 in 2019 reported that the earthquake occurred.

Güllüoğlu announced that they have prepared separate Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Plans (IRAP) for 81 provinces, work has started in Kahramanmaraş, and works in all provinces will be completed on time.

In the much-discussed media gathering area stated that Güllüoğlu, “three thousand in Istanbul 20, 1715 in Ankara, we have identified in the 18,925 meeting area of ​​Turkey, even in 1646 in Izmir. Our in 93 thousand We have tents, we have 196 thousand beds and 182 thousand blankets. We also placed 500 containers in Istanbul. We gave earthquake training to more than 13 million people. ” said.

Güllüoğlu demanded that risk reduction measures be prioritized, the disaster risk reduction law enacted, participation in DASK increased, non-TCIP disaster insurance promoted and a new financing model created.

Güllüoğlu stated that the difference in the announced rates regarding the magnitude of the earthquake in İzmir is completely related to technical and scientific data, and emphasized that they discussed and discussed this issue with the Kandilli Observatory, and that it was never possible to show the magnitude of the earthquake. low.

“There can be more than 7 earthquakes at any one time”

The Councilor and Coordinator of the TCIP, Erdal Turgut, affirmed that they coordinated with 32 insurance companies and approximately 17 thousand agencies for the production of Mandatory Earthquake Insurance.

Noting that their goal is to identify the damage caused by the earthquake and make compensation payments, Turgut said that they increased their paying power to 40 billion lira for 2020-2021.

Coordinator of Research in Earth Sciences, Department of Geological Studies, Assoc. General Directorate of the MTA. Dr. Selim Ozalp, the earthquake in Turkey, mainly in areas where the soil is seen to liquefy, thus preparing, expressed the need for regional content, liquefaction susceptibility maps for the reduction of earthquake damage.

Director of the Kandilli Earthquake Research Institute and Observatory at Boğaziçi University Prof. Dr. Haluk Özen, including 258 in the Marmara region of Turkey, have a total of 456 recording stations and in coordination with the way they work, he noted AFAD.

Özen, there have been 10 thousand 965 earthquakes greater than 4 magnitude in the last 120 years, the fault lines that the movement highlighted that in Turkey every 7 moment in an earthquake proved to occur.

Turkey’s earthquake zone is in shocking Ozen, if an earthquake occurred 1,500 years, but in Hatay, including Hatay, the “earthquake would not be”, even in a place called the earthquake, he pointed out that every moment can be.

Pointing to the Izmir earthquake, Özener said: “In our calculations, more than 7.2 energy has been accumulated. There are larger earthquakes waiting for us. Therefore, we must be better, prepared and coordinated.” said.

Warning that tsunamis and landslides can occur in the possible Marmara earthquake due to collapses under the sea, Özener said: “There have been tsunamis throughout history in the Aegean and the Mediterranean, and it will happen again. We have worked in the tsunami in 2012. We say ‘bless’, but God has given the people reason. Our duty is to nurture politics in the light of science. ” I speak.

Stating that they gained 5 to 7 seconds in Marmara with the early warning system, Özener explained that they conducted 3,893 trainings in the field of disaster preparedness training and ensured the participation of 502,682 people.

Referring to statements made about the earthquake in the media, Özener said: “Our teachers, who want to be popular, say very interesting things, they talk about popularity. We prefer not to appear on programs.” He spoke in the form.

Regarding the reason for the different explanation of the data between AFAD and the Kandilli Observatory, Özener said that although the same stations are used, different results can be obtained due to the algorithm measurements.

TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center Director of the Institute of Marine and Earth Sciences Prof. Dr. Abdullah Karaman pointed out that as an institution, they had a budget deficit, that employees received their salary for the projects they carried out, for which they were unfairly criticized from time to time .

Karaman said they are examining local terrain conditions and working in Gaziantep, one of the eastern Anatolian fault line provinces.