A 6.02 -magnitude earthquake hit Türkiye near Istanbul
Reuters news agency said that a severe earthquake struck a 6.2 -magnitude Turkey, near Istanbul.
The earthquake of Türkiye and Syria
Immediately after it, another earthquake of 7.7 degrees, 95 km (59 miles) from the first, and widespread damage and tens of thousands of deaths occurred.
The catastrophic damage was widely in an area of about 350,000 square kilometers, which is almost the size of Germany, which affected an estimated 14 million people, or 16% of the population of Türkiye.
The pace of earthquakes escalate
Types of different earthquakes
Earthquakes are classified based on their reasons for several types, most notably:
1. Tektula earthquakes: the result of the movement of tectonic plates and their slide along the faults.
2. Volcanic earthquakes: caused by volcanic activity, where the movement of magma leads to the generation of vibrations.
3. Infredient earthquakes: result from human activities such as building dams or extracting natural resources.
Studies indicate that the large number of earthquakes “with a strength of 7 degrees or more” has remained relatively fixed over the decades. However, increasing the media and modern technology contributed to increasing awareness and media coverage of earthquakes when they occur.
As for the earthquakes less in strength, there is a noticeable increase in it, and the causes of the human activity related to the incision of roads, construction and exploratory bombing, oil and gas extraction, and others.
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