The Izmit earthquake is known to be the most devastating earthquakes in the last decade. This horrific disaster happened to on 19th of October, 1999. The earthquake was located in Turkey at the local time of 3.01 am. The epicenter was 11 kilometers south east of the city Izmit of Turkey.

The main facts about this aearthquack are:

The Izmit earthquake on 19th October 1999 happened to have killed almost 17,127 people. The injury rate of the people was approximately of around 43, 959 in total or even more. Other than the report released by local administration, it was suspected by many that the number of people died and injured must have reached 45,000.

Apart from the people dead and injured, almost 1,20,00 houses and buildings were affected among which almost many were heavily damaged and the rest totally collapsed. Almost 3,00,00 people were left homeless after the earthquake. The estimated loss counted after the earthquake was almost 23 billion USD.

The range of the earthquake was felt at a wide radius. Not only the general public, but the oil refineries, navy and other industrialized sectors were also affected by the earthquake. The earthquake was so strong that the shock was recorded even in Istanbul that is almost 70 kilometersaway from the epicenter.

There were many bridges damaged extensively and highways of the Trans ‘“ European motorway was also affected due to the earthquake of Izmit. The chaos was so much that it has resulted in breaking of fire in many of the refineries and also breaking many of the inbuilt water pipes leading to incidents of severe water damage.

The shock of the earthquake was recorded once in every 37 seconds. Though, in normal circumstances,this rate seems to be of normal level but for an earthquake, especially inIzmit, it was enough to destroy the city of Izmit and also other neighboring areas.

After the major earthquake of October, there were some aftershocks in the month of November that were enough to destroy and collapse the buildings, weakened by the Izmit earthquake.

Predictions came randomely from different sources about the size and duration of the next aftershocks, but things went out of control when the area was shaken up by a number of aftershocks in the month of November. The continuous shocks made the area fully into debris and thus leading to severe financial loss and civilians became helpless.

Istanbul is known to have suffered from earthquakes like Izmit, in every century or at the gap of every century. The records are known so that the early precautions can be taken in advance.

The Izmit earthquake was so strong and has shaken up Istanbul also so badly that the risk of earthquakes in Istanbul has increased much more than it was predicted before.

The 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Turkey that is known as the Izmit earthquake is also known as the Kocaeli or the Golcuk earthquake. It is known to be the earthquake that has led Turkey to a very bad condition. Life has suffered distress and was in pathetic condition due to severety of the events.