How regional fault lines led to such a destructive earthquake in Turkey, Syria. Tens of thousands of people died in a pair of cataclysmic earthquakes.

A new earthquake fault mapping study provides compelling evidence of seismic hazards in Turkey and Syria following the 2023 earthquakes. Researchers from UNC-Chapel Hill, USGS, and global teams ...

The East Anatolian fault — the source of the earthquake that killed over 59,000 people in Turkey and Syria in February, 2023 — was created when the Eurasian and Arabian plates collided around ...

The area of Turkey and Syria that has been hardest hit by Monday's 7.8-magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks is known for having big quakes, but it had been decades since one this large last hit.

All of these plates are separated by fault lines, or substantial breaks in the earth’s surface. ... What happened to Turkey and Syria is, unfortunately, just a factor of their geography.

The region sits on top of major fault lines and is frequently shaken by earthquakes. Some 18,000 were killed in similarly powerful earthquakes that hit northwest Turkey in 1999.

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First, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Gaziantep, in southeastern Turkey along the border of Syria, followed by a 7.5-magnitude quake nine hours later about 100 miles north of the first, ...

(GAZIANTEP, Turkey) — It was only a matter of time before the region surrounding Turkey and Syria experienced “the big one,” according to experts. Tens of thousands of people died in a pair ...

WBAL NewsRadio 1090/FM 101.5 - (GAZIANTEP, Turkey) -- It was only a matter of time before the region surrounding Turkey and Syria experienced "the big one," according to ...