"Depending on where a future large earthquake would nucleate, these asymmetric rupture patterns could lead to heightened ground motion towards the urban center of Istanbul," states Prof. Patricia ...

Overview of the Marmara region, with the urban area of the Istanbul metropolis (red contour) and the Main Marmara Fault (red line). The orange circles represent the earthquakes for which ...

Overview of the Marmara region, with the urban area of the Istanbul metropolis (red contour) and the Main Marmara Fault (red line). The orange circles represent the earthquakes for which ...

ANKARA, July 19. /TASS/. The Turkish authorities plan to start preparing the city of Istanbul for the potentially devastating earthquake that seismologists have recently warned about, Turkish ...