Share
Copied
Sitting on the hotbed of Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt, or Alpine belt, which is known as the second most seismically active region in the world, Türkiye has experienced many earthquakes.
The epicenter and affected areas this time lie at the intersection of three tectonic plates, the Arabian, the Anatolian and the African plates. As these plates push against each other, a 7.8-earthquake is "generally expected on long, plate-boundary strike-slip faults," according to the USGS.
Some believe that the event is related to increasing activity along the seismic belt, however, Ji Jianqing, a professor at the School of Earth and Space Sciences at Peking University, said it's because "the energy accumulated from plates' movement has reached the threshold for a strong earthquake, and the energy release is a result of long-time accumulation. There's no evidence showing that the Meizoseismal area (an earthquake in the area of maximum damage) has entered an active period."
Read more: What caused the disastrous earthquake in Türkiye?
Search Trends
SITEMAP
Copyright © 2023 CGTN. 京ICP备16065310号
Disinformation report hotline: 010-85061466
SITEMAP
Copyright © 2023 CGTN. 京ICP备16065310号
Disinformation report hotline: 010-85061466