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Map of earthquakes in Turkey 1900–2023. The geology of Turkey is the product of a wide variety of tectonic processes that have shaped Anatolia over millions of years, a process which continues today as evidenced by frequent earthquakes and occasional volcanic eruptions. Topographic map of Turkey
The fault segment in the south around Toprakkale is characterized by small volcanic cones. The fault displays 2–5 m (6 ft 7 in – 16 ft 5 in) of normal scarps cutting through the Quaternary basalt. It runs 12 km (7.5 mi) along a river valley carved by the Ceyhan River; some Holocene streams have been offset by 20–30 m (66–98 ft). [7]
The fault extends westward from a junction with the East Anatolian Fault at the Karliova triple junction in eastern Turkey, across northern Turkey and into the Aegean Sea for a length of 1200 [1] −1500 kilometers. [2] It runs about 20 km south of Istanbul. The North Anatolian Fault is similar in many ways to the San Andreas Fault in
The region sits on top of major fault lines and is frequently shaken by earthquakes. Some 18,000 were killed in similarly powerful earthquakes that hit northwest Turkey in 1999.
This list covers all faults and fault-systems that are either geologically important [clarification needed] or connected to prominent seismic activity. [clarification needed] It is not intended to list every notable fault, but only major fault zones.
Turkey is a seismically active area within the complex zone of collision between the Eurasian plate and both the African and Arabian plates.Much of the country lies on the Anatolian sub-plate, a small plate bounded by two major strike-slip fault zones, the North Anatolian Fault and East Anatolian Fault.
The devastating 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes occurred along the active East Anatolian Fault at a strike-slip fault where the Arabian plate is sliding past the Anatolian plate horizontally. [4] [5] According to the American Museum of Natural History, the Anatolian transform fault system is "probably the most active in the world". [6]
New satellite images show a significant fault line stretching through a city near the epicentre of Turkey’s deadly earthquake.. A vast fault line rupture in Nurdagi is seen cutting across a ...