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North Anatolian Fault
Turkish seismic strike-slip fault
Turkish seismic strike-slip fault
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | North Anatolian Fault |
| image | Slip-dist.png |
| image_size | 270px |
| image_alt | The North Anatolian Fault and slip magnitudes of earthquakes in the 20th century |
| image_caption | The North Anatolian Fault and slip magnitudes of earthquakes in the 20th century |
| country | |
| region | Marmara region, Black Sea Region, Eastern Anatolia region |
| cities | Istanbul, Bursa, Kocaeli, Bolu, Tokat, Erzincan, Erzurum |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 3937 |
| topdepth_m | 1370 |
| range | Pontic Mountains, Köroğlu Mountains |
| length | 1500 km |
| strike | E-W |
| plate | Anatolian sub-plate, Eurasian plate |
| status | Active |
| earthquakes | List of earthquakes in Turkey |
| type | strike-slip fault |
| map_image | Anatolian Plate Vectoral.svg |
| map_size | 270 |
| map_caption | The North Anatolian and neighbouring faults covering most of Turkey |
| volcanic_arc/belt =
The North Anatolian Fault (NAF; ) is an active right-lateral strike-slip fault in northern Anatolia, and is the transform boundary between the Eurasian plate and the Anatolian sub-plate. The fault extends westward from a junction with the East Anatolian Fault at the Karliova triple junction in eastern Turkey, across northern Turkey and into the Aegean Sea for a length of 1200−1500 kilometers. It runs about 20 km south of Istanbul. The North Anatolian Fault is similar in many ways to the San Andreas Fault in California. Both are continental transforms with similar lengths and slip rates. The Sea of Marmara near Istanbul is an extensional basin similar to the Salton Trough in California, where a releasing bend in the strike slip system creates a pull-apart basin.
Significant earthquakes
Since the disastrous 1939 Erzincan earthquake, there have been seven earthquakes measuring over 7.0 in magnitude, each happening at a point progressively further west. Seismologists studying this pattern believe that each earthquake may trigger the next. By analyzing the stresses along the fault caused by each large earthquake, they were able to predict the shock that hit the town of İzmit with devastating effect in August 1999. It is thought that the chain is not complete, and that an earthquake will soon strike further west along the fault – perhaps near the heavily populated city of Istanbul.
| Event | Moment magnitude | Casualties | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 Suşehri | 6.3 | last1=Demirtaş | first1=Ramazan | title=Kuzey Anadolu Fay Sistemi Diri Fayları ve Deprem Etkinlikleri Paleosismolojik Çalışmalar ve Gelecek Deprem Potansiyelleri | trans-title=Northern Anatolian Fault System Active Faults and Earthquake Activities Paleoseismological Studies and Future Earthquake Potentials | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331772444 | date=2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509141911/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ramazan-Demirtas/publication/331772444_Kuzey_Anadolu_Fay_Sistemi_Diri_Faylari_ve_Deprem_Etkinlikleri_Paleosismolojik_Calismalar_ve_Gelecek_Deprem_Potansiyelleri/links/5c8b635792851c1df941bc74/Kuzey-Anadolu-Fay-Sistemi-Diri-Faylari-ve-Deprem-Etkinlikleri-Paleosismolojik-Calismalar-ve-Gelecek-Deprem-Potansiyelleri.pdf?origin=publication_detail | archive-date=9 May 2021 | language=tr | doi=10.13140/RG.2.2.36608.69125}} |
| 1939 Erzincan | 7.8 | 32,700+ dead and 100,000+ injured | |||||||||
| 1942 Niksar–Erbaa | 7.0 | ~3,000 dead | |||||||||
| 1943 Tosya–Ladik | 7.2 | 2,824 dead | |||||||||
| 1944 Bolu–Gerede | 7.2 | 3,959 dead | |||||||||
| 1949 Karlıova | 6.7 | 320 dead | |||||||||
| 1951 Kurşunlu | 6.9 | 50 dead and 3,354 injured | |||||||||
| 1957 Abant | 7.1 | 52 dead | |||||||||
| 1966 Varto | 6.9 | 2,394 dead and 1,489 injured | |||||||||
| 1967 Mudurnu Valley | 7.1 | 86 dead, 332 injured | |||||||||
| 1992 Erzincan | 6.7 | 498+ dead and 2,000+ injured | |||||||||
| 1999 İzmit | 7.6 | 18,373 dead and 43,953+ injured | |||||||||
| 1999 Düzce | 7.2 | 845+ dead and 4,948 injured | |||||||||
| 2022 Düzce | 6.1 | 2 dead and 93 injured | |||||||||
| 2025 Sea of Marmara | 6.2 | 165 injured |
Notes
References
- (2005). "The North Anatolian Fault: A new look". Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
- Caperton Morton, Mary. (8 March 2010). "Closing Istanbul's seismic gap".
- USGS Worldwide Earthquake List. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/
- (1997). "Progressive failure on the North Anatolian fault since 1939 by earthquake stress triggering". [[Geophysical Journal International]].
- (April 1, 2003). "Earthquake Storms". [[Horizon (BBC TV series).
- (2019). "Kuzey Anadolu Fay Sistemi Diri Fayları ve Deprem Etkinlikleri Paleosismolojik Çalışmalar ve Gelecek Deprem Potansiyelleri".
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