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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
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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
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measuring over 7.0 in magnitude, each happening at a point progressively further west.
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686:Geophysical Journal International
16:Turkish seismic strike slip fault
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633:"Closing Istanbul's seismic gap"
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355:List of earthquakes in Turkey
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244:List of earthquakes in Turkey
164:3,937 metres (12,917 ft)
563:845+ dead and 4,948 injured
172:1,370 metres (4,495 ft)
782:Latest seismicity In Turkey
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359:Since the disastrous
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305:in eastern
239:Earthquakes
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52:Coordinates
791:Categories
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569:2022 Düzce
556:1999 Düzce
543:1999 İzmit
504:1966 Varto
491:1957 Abant
353:See also:
323:transforms
311:Aegean Sea
472:320 dead
373:the shock
287:transform
209:Tectonics
169:Top depth
161:Elevation
498:52 dead
407:64 dead
331:Istanbul
315:Istanbul
293:and the
283:Anatolia
146:Erzincan
130:Istanbul
726:Horizon
695:Bibcode
606:Bibcode
301:at the
271:Turkish
150:Erzurum
90:Country
65:35°00′E
62:41°00′N
386:Event
307:Turkey
233:Active
230:Status
200:Strike
191:Length
126:Cities
108:Region
102:Turkey
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753:(PDF)
583:Notes
377:İzmit
329:near
215:Plate
177:Range
142:Tokat
134:Bursa
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