1983 Biga earthquake [SEP] point in time
1983 Biga earthquake
The 1983 Biga earthquake hit northwestern Turkey on 5 July 1983. Responsible for five deaths and approximately twenty-six casualties throughout Biga and Erdek and damage in Istanbul, the earthquake measured 6.1 on the surface wave magnitude scale. It shook places as far away as eastern Greece. The United States Geological Survey listed the earthquake among the "Significant Earthquakes of the World" for 1983.
Geology.
The Biga Peninsula is an area marked by active faults including strike-slip movement and en echelon divergent basins
’s Party (HP) and Great Turkey Party (BTP) were founded
- 26 May – Social Democracy Party (SODEP) was founded
- 1 June – BTP was closed by the military rule. Süleyman Demirel, former prime minister as well as other politicians of the former Justice Party and Republican People’s Party were arrested
- 5 July – 1983 Biga earthquake
- 14 July – Dursun Aksoy a member of Turkish embassy was assassinated by ASALA
- 23 June – Erdal İnönü’s name as the founder of