Determination of Urban Earthquake Risk for Kirsehir, Turkey

Predicting the outcomes of earthquakes before they occur is one of the fundamental components of modern disaster management. Loss estimation analyses have an important place at the assessment stage o f earthquakes and in estimation of losses that earthquakes may lead to. With these analyses, it is possible to access information that is relevant to potential damages and losses. In this paper, loss estimation analyses were carried out by using the earthquake scenario which foresaw a previous earthquake that was experienced in an around Kirsehir which is seismically active and located in the Central Anatolia Region in Turkey. The 1938 Akpmar earthquake which occurred in and around the province of Kirsehir was taken into consideration as an earthquak escenario, and loss estimation analyses were conducted for this earthquake scenario. In this paper, significant contributions will be made for preparation of an earthquake master plan and risk management plan for Kirsehir. Besides, studies on reduction of earthquake losses in the region may utilise these results.