An M6.2 earthquake struck Istanbul, Turkey, on April 23, 2025, injuring more than 350 people, damaging buildings, and prompting warnings from seismologist Prof. Dr. Naci Görür about the potential for an M7+ event. He called for urgent action to strengthen the city’s seismic preparedness.
The oldest sections of transform faults, such as the North Anatolian Fault Zone (NAFZ) and the San Andreas Fault, produce the largest earthquakes, putting important limits on the potential seismic hazard for less mature parts of fault zones, according to a new study to
Night is falling and it makes difficulties to all that was hit by 7.2 Van earthquake. Death toll is expected to rise because there is lots of people trappen in collapsed buildings and the cold makes harder to survivers.EMSC registered 7.3 magnitude at depth of
