On February 6, around 4:17 am local time, a severe 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria, shocking a large portion of both countries quite literally- as they were asleep. Find out more at interestingengineering
She added that an earthquake occurs when tectonic stress, built up over hundreds or thousands of years, is released.Mildon highlighted that Turkey is known to be a seismically active country. Still, most recent earthquakes have occurred along the North Anatolian fault, which runs east-west across the North of the country.
The area affected by Monday's earthquake hadn't experienced a similarly large earthquake- at least not one experienced in the lifetimes of the current local population. "But, from historical records, there is evidence of similar-sized earthquakes occurring hundreds of years ago," she revealed.. Therefore, more small earthquakes are expected in the area over the following days or weeks.
"This earthquake was quite shallow ; therefore, the ground shaking at the surface would have been more intense than if the earthquake had been deeper," she explained. "From my observations of photographs and footage in the media, some buildings remained standing relatively intact when others nearby had collapsed," she said.
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