After the strongest earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, the whole world started talking about the danger. Moreover, it is known that even Istanbul is under the threat of powerful aftershocks.
Analyzing the situation in the country, Professor Okan Tuysuz said that an earthquake in Istanbul is inevitable. Back in 2006, a specialist who was then director of the Eurasian Institute of Geosciences at the Istanbul Technical University warned of the risk of a thousand deaths.
Most of Turkey is located on the Anatolian plate between two faults – North Anatolian and East Anatolian. Not far from Istanbul is the North Anatolian Fault.
We know the magnitude. We know the place. We just don't know when exactly that will happen. But there is a 65% chance that Istanbul will be hit by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake by 2030. – said Okan Tuysuz.
According to the professor, this is a very high probability. The director of the Eurasian Institute of Geosciences at Istanbul Technical University also said that the European part of Istanbul is built on soft stone, the northern and Asian parts are built on hard old stone.
“That's why the rich have their villas in the Bosphorus area (on north – Channel 24)”, explained Okan Tuysuz.
It is worth noting that Istanbul is 20 kilometers from the section of the North Anatolian Fault, passing under the Sea of Marmara. This is what causes the danger of earthquakes.
How the location of Turkey has changed after the earthquake
- The earthquake in Turkey and Syria has done a lot of trouble. In particular, he claimed the lives of at least 9,600 people, thousands of people were injured or lost their homes
- After a series of earthquakes, Turkey has shifted to the southwest. According to Corriere della Sera, President of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology of Italy (INGV), Carlo Doglioni, said that the Arabian plate has moved about 3 meters in the direction of the northeast – southwest of the Anatolian plate. According to the specialist, the total size of the fault was more than 150 kilometers.
- In addition, Maxar published stunning satellite footage showing what Turkey looks like after the earthquake. Read more about what is happening in Turkey in the chronology of events.
