Landslides triggered by the 6 February 2023 Kahramanmaraşearthquakes (Türkiye)


KOCAMAN GÖKÇEOĞLU S., Cetinkaya S., TUNAR ÖZCAN N., KARAKAŞ G., Karakas V. E., Gokceoglu C.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, sa.1, 2025 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.55730/1300-0985.1945
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Geobase, INSPEC, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

On 6 February 2023, a sequence of devastating earthquakes hit the south and southeastern parts of T & uuml;rkiye. Numerous secondary hazards were triggered in the region, including thousands of landslides. This study investigated the landslides triggered by the 6 February 2023 Kahramanmara & scedil; earthquakes. On 7 February, the General Directorate of Mapping initiated several aerial photogrammetric flights, which continued for several days. Although adverse meteorological conditions affected the image quality, valuable data with nominal resolution of 25 cm could be produced over an area of 108,627 km2. By comparing postearthquake aerial orthophotos with preearthquake imagery stored in archives, we identified a total of 2596 landslides presumably triggered by the events and analyzed their characteristics. This paper presents the methodology of the inventory preparation, characteristics of the landslides, and potential use cases of the inventory. The produced coseismic landslide inventory is also shared in the form of supplemental data.