WITHDRAWN Establishment and Success of the AFAD Earthquake Clearinghouse and Reconnaissance Data Collection Efforts Following the Mw7.7 and Mw7.6 Kahramanmaras Earthquakes in Eastern Turkey
WITHDRAWN The devastating Mw7.7 and Mw7.6 earthquakes that struck eastern Turkey on February 6, 2023, prompted the establishment of an earthquake clearinghouse at AFAD (The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey) in Ankara within a week. To coordinate the TUBITAK-funded reconnaissance teams of approximately 577 researchers from 61 universities across Turkey, AFAD and TUBITAK teams worked together under the earthquake clearinghouse located in Ankara. EERI (Earthquake Engineering Research Institute) also offered its tools and forms, including the EERI’s mobile application and EERI field forms, to support the reconnaissance performances. After reviewing both EERI’s mobile application and ESRI (Environmental System Research Institute)-ArcGIS Enterprise (Survey123, Dashboard, WorkForce, etc.), the decision was made to use ArcGIS Enterprise due to its adaptability and support by ESRI-Turkiye and its team.
The reconnaissance data collected from the field, including information on liquefaction, landslides, surface rupture, and building damage, was immediately archived, transferred to the AFAD server, and sent to national agencies and ministries of Turkey for fast recovery plans and site selection of new settlements in the disaster area. This first earthquake clearinghouse established after the Kahramanmaras earthquakes was a big success, even without prior exercise. The physical earthquake clearinghouse also functioned as a hub for EERI from the US and other teams from Europe and Asia. The AFAD Earthquake Clearinghouse will continue to play its role in bringing stakeholders together around the archived data for further investigations and research, and in encouraging national and international collaboration for better earthquake mitigation and action plans, thus making us better prepared for future major earthquakes.
Session: February 2023 Mw 7.8 Earthquake Sequence in Turkey [Poster]
Type: Poster
Room: Ballroom
Date: 4/19/2023
Presentation Time: 08:00 AM (local time)
Presenting Author: Recep Cakir
Student Presenter: No
Additional Authors
Recep Cakir Presenting Author Corresponding Author cakir.ray@gmail.com Independent Researcher |
Orhan Tatar orhan.tatar@afad.gov.tr The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey |
Hasan Mandal hasan.mandal@tubitak.gov.tr The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey |
Yunus Sezer yunus.sezer@afad.gov.tr The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey |
Duygu Celik duygu.celik@tubitak.gov.tr The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey |
Aykut Akgun aykut.akgun@afad.gov.tr The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey |
Doruk Senturk doruk.senturk@afad.gov.tr The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey |
Filiz Kadiroglu filiztuba.kadiroglu@afad.gov.tr The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey |
Sevgi Karakoc sevgiharika.karakoc@afad.gov.tr The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey |
Kerem Kuterdem kerem.kuterdem@afad.gov.tr The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey, Ankara, , Turkey |
Nihan Karacameydan nihan.karacameydan@afad.gov.tr The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey, Ankara, , Turkey |
Dogus Ok dogus.ok@afad.gov.tr The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey, Ankara, , Turkey |
Enes M Ozturk enesmozturk@afad.gov.tr The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey, Ankara, , Turkey |
Ahmet Yozgatligil ahmety@tubitak.gov.tr TUBITAK Marmara Research Center, Kocaeli, , Turkey |
Hasan H Yavasoglu hakan.yavasoglu@tubitak.gov.tr TUBITAK Marmara Research Center, Kocaeli, , Turkey |
Selin Ozturk selin.ozturk@tubitak.gov.tr The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Ankara, , Turkey |
Gorkem Gun gorkem.gun@tubitak.gov.tr The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Ankara, , Turkey |
Burak Dundar burak.dundar@tubitak.gov.tr The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Ankara, , Turkey |
Baris Uz barisuz@esri.com.tr Environmental System Research Institute Turkiye, Ankara, , Turkey |
Baki Pak bakipak@esri.com.tr Environmental System Research Institute Turkiye, Ankara, , Turkey |
Gozde Ozgun gozgun@esri.com.tr Environmental System Research Institute Turkiye, Aankara, , Turkey |
Caglar Uzuner caglaruzuner@esri.com.tr Environmental System Research Institute Turkiye, Ankara, , Turkey |
Alperen C Isikkaya aisikkaya@esri.com.tr Environmental System Research Institute Turkiye, Ankara, , Turkey |
Meral Eryilmaz meryilmaz@esri.com.tr Environmental System Research Institute Turkiye, Ankara, , Turkey |
Recep Koksal rkoksal@esri.com.tr Environmental System Research Institute Turkiye, Ankara, , Turkey |
Nur O Yildiz nyildiz@esri.com.tr Environmental System Research Institute Turkiye, Ankara, , Turkey |
Elif Celikel ecelikel@esri.com.tr Environmental System Research Institute Turkiye, Ankara, , Turkey |
Ekin Senol esenol@esri.com.tr Environmental System Research Institute Turkiye, Ankara, , Turkey |
WITHDRAWN Establishment and Success of the AFAD Earthquake Clearinghouse and Reconnaissance Data Collection Efforts Following the Mw7.7 and Mw7.6 Kahramanmaras Earthquakes in Eastern Turkey
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February 2023 Mw 7.8 Earthquake Sequence in Turkey
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