1998 Adana-Ceyhan earthquake

earthquake
title= 1998 Adana-Ceyhan earthquake
date= June 27 1998, 1355 UTCcite paper |url=http://www.sgeb.ch/missionen/Adana.pdf |title=The Adana-Ceyhan Earthquake of June 27, 1998 |publisher=Swiss Society for Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics |author=Thomas Wenk, Corinne Lacave, Kaspar Peter |date=1998 November ]


depth = 32 kmcite paper |url=http://www.terrapub.co.jp/journals/EPS/pdf/2005/5702/57020107.pdf |title=Stochastic Finite-fault Modeling of Ground Motions From the June 27, 1998 Adana-Ceyhan Earthquake |author=Esref Yalcinkaya |journal=Earth Planets Space |volume=57|pages=107–115 |year=2005 ]
location = about 30 km southeast of Adana and 32 km away from Ceyhan
magnitude = 5.9 M_w (Turkish Earthquake Research Dept.)6.2 M_w (US Geological Survey)
countries affected = flag|Turkey
casualties = 145 dead, 1,500 injured|

The 1998 Adana-Ceyhan earthquake, aka 1998 Adana earthquake, was an approximately 5.9 magnitude earthquake that struck southern Turkey, historically known as Cilicia, on June 27, 1998, at about 16:55 local time. [cite web |url=http://angora.deprem.gov.tr/AdanaDamage.html |work= General Directorate of Disaster Affairs-Earthquake Research Department |title=Structural damage in 27 June 1998 Adana-Ceyhan Earthquake |author=Nejat Bayülke |accessdate=2008-06-01 ]

The event killed 145 people and left 1,500 people wounded and many thousands homeless in Adana, Turkey's fifth largest city today, and Ceyhan, the most populous town of the Adana Province, as well as many villages located between both cities along the Ceyhan River. [cite web |url=http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/pb2/pb21/Task_Force/Einsaetze/Adana/adana.html |title=Adana Earthquake of June 27, 1998 |author=Frank Wuttke and Mathias Raschke ] The most casualties and damage occurred in the town of Ceyhan. The total economic loss was estimated with about US$ 1 billion.

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