Seismic gap outside of Istanbul: Is this where the expected Marmara earthquake will originate from?
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 10:50
in Earth & Climate
Earthquake researchers have now identified a 30 kilometers long and ten kilometers deep area along the North Anatolian fault zone just south of Istanbul that could be the starting point for a strong earthquake. The group of seismologists including Professor Marco Bohnhoff of the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences reported in the current online issue of the scientific journal Nature Communications, that this potential earthquake source is only 15 to 20 kilometers from the historic city center of Istanbul.