Frontiers in Built Environment (Jul 2022)
Hybrid Reconnaissance Mission to the 30 October 2020 Aegean Sea Earthquake and Tsunami (Izmir, Turkey & Samos, Greece): Description of Data Collection Methods and Damage
- Yasemin D. Aktas,
- Ioanna Ioannou,
- Fatma Sevil Malcioglu,
- Maria Kontoe,
- Ahsana Parammal Vatteri,
- Marco Baiguera,
- Jacob Black,
- Anil Kosker,
- Panagiotis Dermanis,
- Martha Esabalioglou,
- Eser Cabuk,
- Kokcan Donmez,
- Marianna Ercolino,
- Mariana Asinari,
- Enrica Verrucci,
- Valentina Putrino,
- Bahar Durmaz,
- Danai Kazantzidou-Firtinidou,
- Dave Cotton,
- Aisling O’Kane,
- Ali Tolga Ozden,
- Diana Contreras,
- Jonas Cels,
- Matthew Free,
- Paul Burton,
- Sean Wilkinson,
- Rohollah Rostami,
- Dina D’Ayala
Affiliations
- Yasemin D. Aktas
- Epicentre Research Group, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom
- Ioanna Ioannou
- Epicentre Research Group, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom
- Fatma Sevil Malcioglu
- Department of Earthquake Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Maria Kontoe
- Epicentre Research Group, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom
- Ahsana Parammal Vatteri
- Epicentre Research Group, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom
- Marco Baiguera
- Department of Civil, Maritime and Environmental Engineering, Southampton University, Southampton, United Kingdom
- Jacob Black
- Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Anil Kosker
- ARUP, Ankara, Turkey
- Panagiotis Dermanis
- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
- Martha Esabalioglou
- Independent Researcher, Samos, Greece
- Eser Cabuk
- Department of Civil Engineering, Earthquake Engineering Research Centre (EERC), Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
- Kokcan Donmez
- Department of Earthquake Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Marianna Ercolino
- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom
- Mariana Asinari
- 0Mott Macdonald, London, United Kingdom
- Enrica Verrucci
- Epicentre Research Group, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom
- Valentina Putrino
- Epicentre Research Group, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom
- Bahar Durmaz
- 1Department of Architecture, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey
- Danai Kazantzidou-Firtinidou
- 2Seismological Laboratory, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Dave Cotton
- 3Atkins, London, United Kingdom
- Aisling O’Kane
- 4Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Ali Tolga Ozden
- 5Department of Architecture, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey
- Diana Contreras
- 6School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Jonas Cels
- Epicentre Research Group, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom
- Matthew Free
- 7Arup, London, United Kingdom
- Paul Burton
- 8School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Sean Wilkinson
- 9Department of Civil Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
- Rohollah Rostami
- 0School of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Dina D’Ayala
- Epicentre Research Group, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2022.840192
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 8
Abstract
On 30 October 2020, an earthquake of Mw 6.9 hit the Aegean coasts of Turkey and Greece. The epicentre was some 14 km northeast of Avlakia on Samos Island, and 25 km southwest of Seferihisar, Turkey, triggering also a tsunami. The event has been followed by >4,000 aftershocks up to Mw 5.2 The Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT) has immediately gathered a team to conduct a hybrid reconnaissance study, bringing together remote and field investigation techniques. The mission took place between 16 November and 17 December, inclusive of three sets of field study carried out by the field crews for building damage assessment in the affected areas in Turkey and Greece under the coordination of the remote team. The mission also aimed to assess the viability of alternative data sources for an appraisal of the future viability of hybrid missions. This paper summarises the mission setup and findings, and discusses the benefits of and difficulties encountered during this hybrid reconnaissance activity.
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