Two strong earthquakes in one region with a small interval of time are “amazing” and “rare” phenomenon, American experts on earthquakes believe.
Researcher in the physics of earthquakes of the University of South California, Associate Professor Silven Barbo, told Anadolu that the earthquakes that occurred in Turkey in the province of Kazakhmanmarash for many reasons can be called an “amazing” natural phenomenon. “There were two powerful earthquakes with a short time difference. They occurred on two different fault lines close to each other. This did not happen in the past,” says Barbo.
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The scientist noted that the second earthquake occurred on the fault line, which was not seismoactive: “We call such a fault line“ ghostly ”. It was passive throughout history. According to our data, this fault was seismoactive for a very long time, and earthquakes were a long time ago, and earthquakes It was not expected here. However, an earthquake of magnitude 7.6 “
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Barbo pointed that there are many fault lines in East Anatolia. “The first earthquake occurred on the East Anatolian fault. It is associated with two other large lines of the fault. One of them, North-anatolian, was formed in 1999. The second line was directed to the south. This earthquake can lead to new earthquakes, on other lines on other lines fault, ”the scientist says.