Earthquake 1920 (?)

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Photograph of an old postcard. On the back, handwritten with pencil, reads `Kallipoli, the earthquake of 1920, Greeks`. Kallipoli is the Greek name of Gallipoli (turkish Galibolu).

Credit:

Konstantinos Kourtidis , Demokritus University of Thrace , Xanthi - Greece

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When:

Taken on 1920 and submitted on January 31, 2011

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Comments:

After posting the photo, I received some information from Dr. M. Ersen Aksoy, Centro de Geofísica da Universidade de Lisboa, who studied earthquakes in the region. According to this information, there are two candidates for the damage shown in the photo; either the 9 August 1912 earthquake in the Ganos region but also the 1935 earthquake, because clothes and photo quality appear more modern. There is no significant other large shock in this region in 1920. The white tent is typical of the Red Crescent Association.

Posted by Konstantinos Kourtidis on March 1, 2011 14:08

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