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 San Andreas fault, popularized by the movie “San Andreas” starring The Rock, is a strike-slip fault line just like the one in Turkey.

Seismologists say Monday's earthquake took place in a complex junction of faults that was long overdue for a big one. The destructive shaking was spread across many kilometers.

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 ...

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Much of Syria has been ravaged by years of civil war and contested control of territories near the border with Turkey makes it difficult to get aid into the country.

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 of cataclysmic earthquakes ...

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 of cataclysmic earthquakes that ...