Istanbul Geological Map Published

While trying to heal the wounds of the double earthquake that hit 10 provinces, especially Kahramanmaraş, on February 6, eyes turned to the great Istanbul earthquake, which is approaching silently with each passing day. Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu announced that the necessary measures were started to be taken regarding the earthquake and called on the citizens to apply to repair or rebuild their houses.

Today, the interactive Istanbul Provincial Geological Map, which shows the ground structure and fault lines of all Istanbul, has been put into service of the citizens. Thanks to the map, you will be able to see whether the fault line passes under your house and the ground structure of your house.

Just enter your address to learn the floor structure of your house.

You can see the location of the fault lines and the type of ground structure in the whole of Istanbul on the map prepared by software developer Şan Özmen using the data of IMM. In addition to the information in the upper right corner of the map, there is also a tab on the right. what the colors on the map mean and the names of the formations.

In addition, the formations and soil structure types on the map, “High Risk Places” And “Lower Risk Places” is divided into two.

Click here On the map you can access, users can see the quality of the ground in their instant location by entering their home address or clicking the “Find Me” button on the top left.

In addition to this interactive map, which was prepared on the basis of the Istanbul Provincial Geological Map prepared in 2011, link found here You can also see the map of important fault lines in Turkey using

If you look carefully at the map, unfortunately, almost half of Istanbul (especially the European side) “High Risk Area” We see it marked as.