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Comparing the current impact of the "Van" Earthquake to past earthquakes in ...

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November 2011; mostly due to falling debris and house collapse), and around 1 billion TRY to 4 billion TRY (approx. 555 million USD – 2.2 billion USD) in total economic losses. This would represent around 17 to 66% of the provincial GDP of Van.

From the CATDAT Damaging Earthquakes Database, major earthquakes such as this one have occurred in the year 1111 causing major damage and having a magnitude around 6.5-7. In the year 1646 or 1648, Van was again struck by a M6.7 quake killing around 2000 people. In 1881, a M6.3 earthquake near Van killed 95 people. Again, in 1941, a M5.9 earthquake affected Ercis and Van killing between 190 and 430 people. 1945-1946 as well as 1972 brought again damaging and casualty-bearing earthquakes to the Van province. In 1976, the Van-Muradiye earthquake struck the border region with a M7, killing around 3840 people and causing around 51,000 people to become homeless.

The HDI (Human Development Index) in the affected region (Van, Hakkari, Bitlis, Mus) is among the lowest in Turkey. Please note that this is the 2009 definition of HDI and not the current UNDP 2 See the social vulnerability section below for a further insight into the dynamics of the Van province in terms of reconstruction issues.

Source: Earthquake Report

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Earthquake Report - Feb 22, 2012

The figure below shows the increasing number of tents and blankets, and the same pattern can be seen for other relief items not shown in the diagram: sleeping bags, catalytic ovens, 65 prefab houses and the 2300 prefab Mevlana container houses. ...