Turkey: A Land Straddling Tectonic Plates and Civilizations
On Monday, February 6, at 4:17 a. m. local time, a 7. An earthquake of magnitude eight occurred in southern Turkey, close to the northern Syrian border. The energy released was equivalent to about eight million tons of TNT. Nine hours later, a 7. 5 magnitude earthquake struck the same region. The earthquakes claimed the … Read more