Seismology

Turkey, a hotspot for many earthquakes. Illustration: depositphotos.com

New study: Moderate earthquakes are moving east along the Marmara Fault, approaching the dangerous section opposite Istanbul

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This means that if a future earthquake starts west of Istanbul and spreads east into the city, the shaking could be stronger.
The volcanic arc in the southern Aegean Sea. Illustration: depositphotos.com

What's shaking Santorini? Artificial intelligence reveals massive magma movement beneath the Aegean Sea

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Scientists have discovered that the earthquake swarm around Santorini was caused by magma rising from great depths - recorded using advanced artificial intelligence and seabed sensors.
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The Dead Sea rift has no connection to the East Anatolian rift, so the earthquakes in Turkey did not affect Israel

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A researcher at the University of Haifa: This is how the lack of impact of the earthquakes in Turkey on Israel is explained

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Tectonic map of the faults in the eastern Mediterranean including the Dead Sea Depression and the Anatolian Depression. From Wikipedia

Despite the proximity and direction, the Dead Sea replica and the replica in eastern Turkey are not connected

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Researchers at Haifa University and the Geological Institute found that, contrary to the accepted assumption in science to this day, the Dead Sea and Eastern Anatolian areas in Turkey are not tectonically connected, and therefore the strong earthquakes that occurred in Turkey in
Epicenter in Morocco, September 8, 2023. Source: US Geological Survey USDS

The earthquake in Morocco: since the 19th century, strong earthquakes of magnitude 6 or higher have not been recorded in the area

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Earthquakes of this magnitude in the region are rare but not unexpected. Since 1900, there have been 9 earthquakes of magnitude 5 or higher within 500 km of the location of the current earthquake, but even
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