Turkey marks 21 years since devastating 1999 earthquake claimed over 17,000 lives
The Marmara Earthquake, which took place on 17 August 1999 at 03.02 with a magnitude of 7.4 and lasted 45 seconds, caused destruction in Kocaeli, Sakarya, Istanbul, Düzce and Yalova.
Turkey marked 21 years since a devastating earthquake in the Marmara region claimed over 17,000 lives. The quake on August 17, 1999 caused around $36 billion in economic losses, according to the Connected Business Initiative's Turkey platform. During a commemoration ceremony in Istanbul Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said, "During 1999, we only had 50 earthquake observation stations. Today, Turkey has Europe's second-largest observation network with 1,100 observation stations."
The magnitude 7.5 quake struck Turkey's most industrial and densely populated region killed 17,480 people.
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