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Re: Destructive earthquake in Turkey |
It is a 6.4, and one of the 2 possible slip planes is oriented ENE-WSW, vertical, and the slip on that plane would be left-lateral. I did not check, but this may not be to far away from the East Anatolia fault, which is left-lateral, while the North Anatolia fault is right lateral. One tends to be active for a few centuries, and then the other-not both at the same time. The North Anatolia fault broke in pieces through the 20th century, with the last big ones in 1999...Chris Follow Ups: ● It looks near junctions of faults - John Vidale 09:58:58 - 5/1/2003 (18558) (0) |
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