Earthquake In Yalova Turkey Earthquakes National Geographic

On october 30 when a powerful magnitude 70 earthquake struck under the aegean sea dozens of buildings collapsed and water rushed into the streets of the coastal city of izmir turkey and on the island of samos greece.

Turkey map tourism world earthquake prediction. Septembers earthquake also seemed largely undeterred by two major bends in the fault. Turkey is a seismically active area within the complex zone of collision between the eurasian plate and both the african and arabian platesmuch of the country lies on the anatolian plate a small plate bounded by two major strike slip fault zones the north anatolian fault and east anatolian faultthe western part of the country is also affected by the zone of extensional. When a strong earthquake of magnitude 70 hit the aegean sea on october 30 hundreds of buildings collapsed and water rushed into the streets of the coastal city of izmir turkey and the island of samos greeceat least 14 people died and more than 400 people were wounded.

Read a national geographic magazine article about an earthquake in turkey and get information facts and more about earthquakes. Greece and turkey earthquake driven by wild tectonics of the aegean sea the magnitude 70 temblor occurred in an area of complex geologic movement where multiple tectonic plates crack the surface. Zigs and zags along the rupturing fault usually slow earthquakes like cars on a winding road but not this one.

People dont feel most of them because the quake is too small too far below the surface or deep in the sea. The earthquake event page application supports most recent browsers view supported browsers. Thats millions a year.

M 43 9km nnw of yalova turkey. 200 earthquakes in the past 365 days. 11 earthquakes in the past 30 days.

About a half million quakes rock the earth every day. At least 14 people have died and more than 400 were injured. M15 or greater 0 earthquakes in the past 24 hours 1 earthquake in the past 7 days.