Re: Destructive earthquake in Turkey
Posted by chris in suburbia on May 01, 2003 at 08:12:45:

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


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     ● It looks near junctions of faults - John Vidale  09:58:58 - 5/1/2003  (18558)  (0)