Turkey earthquake information

LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Here is what scientists said happened beneath the earth's surface and what to expect in the aftermath: WHERE DID THE EARTHQUAKE ORIGINATE? The epicentre was about 26 km east of the Turkish city of Nurdagi at a depth of about 18 km on the East Anatolian Fault. The quake radiated towards the northeast, bringing devastation to central Turkey and Syria. During the 20th century, the East Anatolian Fault yielded little major seismic activity. "If we were going simply by (major) earthquakes that were recorded by seismometers, it would look more or less blank," said Roger Musson, an honorary research associate at the British Geological Survey. Only three earthquakes have registered above 6.0 on the Richter Scale since 1970 in the area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. But in 1822, a 7.0 quake hit the region, killing an estimated 20,000 people loading HOW BAD WAS THIS EARTHQUAKE? On average, there are fewer than 20 quakes over 7.0 magnitude in any year, making Monday's event severe. Compared with the 6.2 earthquake that hit central Italy in 2016 and killed some 300 people, the Turkey-Syria earthquake released 250 times as much energy, according to Joanna Faure Walker, head of the University College London Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction. Only two of the deadliest earthquakes from 2013 to 2022 were of the same magnitude as Monday's quake. WHY WAS IT SO SEVERE? The East Anatolian Fault is a strike-slip fault. In those, solid rock plates...

Watch Video: Married couple rescued from Iskenderun rubble The claim:Turkey earthquakes were aman-made attack on Kurdish people A Feb. 6 Facebook post ( "According to a firsthand source I have in Istanbul, Turkey, this 'earthquake' is a systemic attack against Kurdish people, who are anti-Islam," reads part of thepost. "This is an election year and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan does not want to lose power." The Truth Social post generated over 200 likes in less than a week. An Instagram post Followus on Facebook! Our rating: False Geological experts say the earthquakes and aftershocks that struck Turkey and Syriaoccurred naturally on a well-known fault system fromthe pressure ofEarth's tectonic plates. The disasters were not man-made, as the post claims. Turkeyearthquakes occurred naturally, experts say More than 20,000 peopleare dead after magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 But contrary to the post’s claim,the earthquakes were not man-made, "Nobody has the ability to intentionally create a large earthquake with any degree of certainty," Abercrombie said. "Various human activities – such as building large water reservoirs and fracking and waste-water injection related to hydrocarbon extraction and geothermal energy projects– can induce earthquakes, but never as large as this." "Amagnitude 7.8 earthquake in Turkey that occurred on a well-known (fault)system would be really difficult to produce as humans," Turner said. "A lot of energy was released that current human activity probably i...

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LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Here is what scientists said happened beneath the earth's surface and what to expect in the aftermath: WHERE DID THE EARTHQUAKE ORIGINATE? The epicentre was about 26 km east of the Turkish city of Nurdagi at a depth of about 18 km on the East Anatolian Fault. The quake radiated towards the northeast, bringing devastation to central Turkey and Syria. During the 20th century, the East Anatolian Fault yielded little major seismic activity. "If we were going simply by (major) earthquakes that were recorded by seismometers, it would look more or less blank," said Roger Musson, an honorary research associate at the British Geological Survey. Only three earthquakes have registered above 6.0 on the Richter Scale since 1970 in the area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. But in 1822, a 7.0 quake hit the region, killing an estimated 20,000 people loading HOW BAD WAS THIS EARTHQUAKE? On average, there are fewer than 20 quakes over 7.0 magnitude in any year, making Monday's event severe. Compared with the 6.2 earthquake that hit central Italy in 2016 and killed some 300 people, the Turkey-Syria earthquake released 250 times as much energy, according to Joanna Faure Walker, head of the University College London Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction. Only two of the deadliest earthquakes from 2013 to 2022 were of the same magnitude as Monday's quake. WHY WAS IT SO SEVERE? The East Anatolian Fault is a strike-slip fault. In those, solid rock plates...

Watch Video: Married couple rescued from Iskenderun rubble The claim:Turkey earthquakes were aman-made attack on Kurdish people A Feb. 6 Facebook post ( "According to a firsthand source I have in Istanbul, Turkey, this 'earthquake' is a systemic attack against Kurdish people, who are anti-Islam," reads part of thepost. "This is an election year and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan does not want to lose power." The Truth Social post generated over 200 likes in less than a week. An Instagram post Followus on Facebook! Our rating: False Geological experts say the earthquakes and aftershocks that struck Turkey and Syriaoccurred naturally on a well-known fault system fromthe pressure ofEarth's tectonic plates. The disasters were not man-made, as the post claims. Turkeyearthquakes occurred naturally, experts say More than 20,000 peopleare dead after magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 But contrary to the post’s claim,the earthquakes were not man-made, "Nobody has the ability to intentionally create a large earthquake with any degree of certainty," Abercrombie said. "Various human activities – such as building large water reservoirs and fracking and waste-water injection related to hydrocarbon extraction and geothermal energy projects– can induce earthquakes, but never as large as this." "Amagnitude 7.8 earthquake in Turkey that occurred on a well-known (fault)system would be really difficult to produce as humans," Turner said. "A lot of energy was released that current human activity probably i...

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LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Here is what scientists said happened beneath the earth's surface and what to expect in the aftermath: WHERE DID THE EARTHQUAKE ORIGINATE? The epicentre was about 26 km east of the Turkish city of Nurdagi at a depth of about 18 km on the East Anatolian Fault. The quake radiated towards the northeast, bringing devastation to central Turkey and Syria. During the 20th century, the East Anatolian Fault yielded little major seismic activity. "If we were going simply by (major) earthquakes that were recorded by seismometers, it would look more or less blank," said Roger Musson, an honorary research associate at the British Geological Survey. Only three earthquakes have registered above 6.0 on the Richter Scale since 1970 in the area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. But in 1822, a 7.0 quake hit the region, killing an estimated 20,000 people loading HOW BAD WAS THIS EARTHQUAKE? On average, there are fewer than 20 quakes over 7.0 magnitude in any year, making Monday's event severe. Compared with the 6.2 earthquake that hit central Italy in 2016 and killed some 300 people, the Turkey-Syria earthquake released 250 times as much energy, according to Joanna Faure Walker, head of the University College London Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction. Only two of the deadliest earthquakes from 2013 to 2022 were of the same magnitude as Monday's quake. WHY WAS IT SO SEVERE? The East Anatolian Fault is a strike-slip fault. In those, solid rock plates...

Watch Video: Married couple rescued from Iskenderun rubble The claim:Turkey earthquakes were aman-made attack on Kurdish people A Feb. 6 Facebook post ( "According to a firsthand source I have in Istanbul, Turkey, this 'earthquake' is a systemic attack against Kurdish people, who are anti-Islam," reads part of thepost. "This is an election year and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan does not want to lose power." The Truth Social post generated over 200 likes in less than a week. An Instagram post Followus on Facebook! Our rating: False Geological experts say the earthquakes and aftershocks that struck Turkey and Syriaoccurred naturally on a well-known fault system fromthe pressure ofEarth's tectonic plates. The disasters were not man-made, as the post claims. Turkeyearthquakes occurred naturally, experts say More than 20,000 peopleare dead after magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 But contrary to the post’s claim,the earthquakes were not man-made, "Nobody has the ability to intentionally create a large earthquake with any degree of certainty," Abercrombie said. "Various human activities – such as building large water reservoirs and fracking and waste-water injection related to hydrocarbon extraction and geothermal energy projects– can induce earthquakes, but never as large as this." "Amagnitude 7.8 earthquake in Turkey that occurred on a well-known (fault)system would be really difficult to produce as humans," Turner said. "A lot of energy was released that current human activity probably i...