Historical 450-year-old mansions in Elazığ, in Türkiye’s japanese Anatolian area, which have skilled three earthquakes of over 6.0 magnitude within the final three years, proceed to withstand earthquakes in addition to time.
The mansions manufactured from mud brick – standing agency, with out the slightest signal of any impending collapse or crack – astonish those that see them.
Tens of hundreds of homes and residential buildings had been destroyed after two main earthquakes struck the southeastern province of Kahramanmaraş on Feb. 6 in lower than 10 hours. At least 44,000 folks misplaced their lives, and dozens of hundreds extra had been left injured.
Jolted by an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 in January 2020, town of Elazığ was additionally closely broken by the newest earthquakes.
While one constructing within the metropolis collapsed, the variety of closely broken buildings exceed 2,000, the Ihlas News Agency (IHA) reported. However, even the slightest crack was not registered within the 450-year-old historic mansions within the Ulukent District, previously often called Hüseynik, on the outskirts of the antic metropolis of Harput.
Talking about mansions, Kenan Sağay, one of many neighborhood’s residents, mentioned, “We have 17 registered structures. Thank God, none of them have collapsed or cracked. The 450-year-old houses are always standing.”
“The grounds here are substantial. One-year-old buildings in the bazaar have been destroyed. This place has endured three major earthquakes,” he famous.
“Those who see it are surprised,” Sağay added.
Underlining that the realm is rocky because it’s positioned on the outskirts of Harput, he famous that regardless of the mansions being single-story and adobe homes, that they had not endured any harm.
“I have been living here for 60 years. The houses made of adobe are constantly standing. They are still standing. An earthquake strikes, but nothing happens here. The ground is excellent. On one hand, these houses are made of adobe but stand firm, while concrete buildings on the other hand have collapsed,” mentioned one other native, Selahattin Karabulut.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
