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Buildings left standing in Turkey offer design guidance for future earthquake-resilient construction

  • Written by Osman Ozbulut, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Virginia
Buildings left standing in Turkey offer design guidance for future earthquake-resilient constructionTurkey's Adana Hospital survived February 2023 earthquakes with no damage because of its seismic isolation system. Earthquake Protection Systems, Inc., CC BY-ND

The Feb. 6, 2023, earthquakes in Turkey and Syria damaged over 100,000 buildings, caused more than 10,000 collapses and killed more than 50,000 people. These earthquakes also put to the...

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