Earthquake is a sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through Earth’s rocks. Seismic wave, vibration generated by an earthquake, explosion, or similar energetic source and propagated within the Earth or along its surface. On 17 August 1999, a catastrophic magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Kocaeli Province of Turkiye, causing monumental damage and 18,373 deaths. Named ...