TY - JOUR TT - THE EFFECTS OF 23.10.2011 VAN EARTHQUAKE ON NEAR-FIELD AND DAMAGED ON STRUCTURES AU - Işık, Ercan PY - 2014 DA - October JF - International Anatolia Academic Online Journal Sciences Journal JO - IAAOJ PB - Abdülkadir IŞIK WT - DergiPark SN - 2148-3183 SP - 0 EP - 0 VL - 2 IS - 2 KW - Van depremi KW - Bitlis KW - yığma yapı KW - betonarme KW - yapısal hasar KW - yakın alan N2 - A destructive earthquake happened at 13:41 in 23.10.2011 in Van of which Mw: 7.2. The earthquake has been replaced between significant earthquakes in the earthquake history of Turkey by causing more than 600 deaths, over 2000 injured people, leaving thousands of people homeless and more than one billion dollars of economic loss. The earthquake has been felt in some settlements, especially in Lake Van Basin where earthquake has always been neglected. The highest peak acceleration values recorded at Bitlis-Centre Station after Van-Muradiye Station. Maximum structural losses observed in Bitlis after Van and Erciş District. The province of Bitlis settles in Lake Van Basin in the East Anatolian Region of Turkey. Bitlis is about 100km away from the epicentre of the earthquake. The first damage assessment of constructions after earthquake and its evaluation have importance in order to prevent loss of life and property in coming earthquakes. In this study the effects of earthquake on constructions in Bitlis have been observed and evaluated. The goal of this paper is to introduce major reasons for structural damages on the near field of 23.10.2011 Van earthquake at neighbouring province Bitlis. The damages have been observed that they overlap with typical earthquake damages. It has been observed that the negative features of constructions have caused an increase in damage amount. Almost no damages in constructions built according to Turkish Earthquake Code have been observed. And this has proved that codes are enough but buildings have not been constructed according to these regulations. UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/iaaojf/issue//356056 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/367784 ER -