Geological Shield Of Turkey Moved By Almost 10 Feet Due To Earthquake - Scientists
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published February 07, 2023 | 07:05 PM
The powerful earthquake in southern Turkey has triggered a geological shift that moved tectonic plates by three meters (almost 10 feet), President of the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) Carlo Doglioni said on Tuesday
ROME (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 07th February, 2023) The powerful earthquake in southern Turkey has triggered a geological shift that moved tectonic plates by three meters (almost 10 feet), President of the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) Carlo Doglioni said on Tuesday.
"The Arabian plate has moved about 3 meters in a northeast-southwest direction regarding the Anatolian plate. We're speaking about a structure in the border zone between this world, the Arabian Plate, and the Anatolian Plate," he told the Corriere della Sera newspaper.
The scientist clarified that this was as if Turkey had moved to the southwest.
Doglioni also said that the total fault size amounted at least 150 kilometers (93 miles), adding that everything happened in a matter of dozens of seconds.
A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake with several powerful aftershocks rattled parts of Turkey and Syria on Monday morning, toppling thousands of homes and killing over 4,000 in both countries. Many international organizations and world leaders have offered assistance to the Turkish and Syrian authorities to address the consequences of the disaster.
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