Historical Sources of 16th – 18th Centuries Earthquakes in Western Part of the Ottoman Empire (original) (raw)

Historical sources of seismic (or earthquake) activity are important for understanding the past of historic buildings. One of the most important reason is defining the structural condition and performance history of old buildings and monuments: The seismic history and records in a given area help to understand the behaviour of historic structural systems for the existing condition assessments and restitution applications and estimations of their future seismic performances. These important information help to choose appropriate repair and strengthening techniques for historic structures in the restoration and conservation process. Information also help us to define current structural damages, past repair activities (their type, their methods, details of construction activities and dating of them etc.), periodic damage formations (abnormality) of historic buildings and dating of additional structural parts.