Earthquake engineering

An estimated 2,000 to 3,000 buildings in Istanbul are on the brink of collapse, experts have cautioned.

The warning comes after a three-story building in Küçükçekmece collapsed suddenly, resulting in one death and eight injuries. The building collapsed around 8:40 a.m., prompting a large-scale emergency response involving health, fire, police and search and rescue teams.

Zakynthos' most iconic site, the Navagio (Shipwreck) Beach, will remain closed for another year, according to a joint ministerial decision signed last week by the citizen protection, island policy and tourism ministers.

Zakynthos' Navagio beach, a popular tourist destination famous for its signature shipwreck, will remain closed to tourists for a second summer this year by ministerial order.

Nobel laureate author Orhan Pamuk has become embroiled in a legal dispute with his neighbors over the urban transformation process of their residential building in Istanbul, which was deemed as risky in terms of earthquake resistance.

Six months after the devastating twin earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş, Istanbulites' demand for building durability screening tests has plummeted, returning to pre-earthquake levels, according to a municipal official.

The recent occurrence of two deadly Kahramanmaraş-centered quakes on Feb. 6 has prompted a shift in housing preferences in Antalya, with the once sought-after properties with picturesque sea views giving way to a new demand for earthquake-resistant buildings.

A new regulation by the Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Ministry will limit static projects approved by inexperienced new graduate civil engineers to four floors, as the experience criteria to prepare high-rise building projects will vary in accordance with the height of the building.

The re-prohibition of access to the "Navagio" beach of Zakynthos was proposed by the Anti-Seismic Planning and Protection Organization (OASP), in the context of its reassessments regarding seismic activity and landslide phenomena.

The central hall was surrounded with rows of marble columns and capitals

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake near Bingol, Turkey, was reported only 7 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a very shallow depth of 1 km beneath the epicenter in the morning on Tuesday 9 March 2021 at 11:20 am local time.