Strong ground motion and structural damage in the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes: A comparative case study of numerical predictions and field observations
On February 6, 2023, southeastern Türkiye was struck by two catastrophic earthquakes ( M w : 7.7 and M w : 7.6) along the East Anatolian Fault Zone, causing extensive structural failures and significant loss of life. This study evaluates the seismotectonic characteristics of the sequence, analyzes str...