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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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366:List of earthquakes in Turkey
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183:1,370 metres (4,495 ft)
793:Latest seismicity In Turkey
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18:North Anatolian Fault Zone
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310:East Anatolian Fault
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63:Coordinates
802:Categories
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658:2020-08-08
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580:2022 Düzce
567:1999 Düzce
554:1999 İzmit
515:1966 Varto
502:1957 Abant
364:See also:
334:transforms
322:Aegean Sea
483:320 dead
384:the shock
298:transform
220:Tectonics
180:Top depth
172:Elevation
509:52 dead
418:64 dead
342:Istanbul
326:Istanbul
304:and the
294:Anatolia
157:Erzincan
141:Istanbul
737:Horizon
706:Bibcode
617:Bibcode
312:at the
282:Turkish
161:Erzurum
101:Country
76:35°00′E
73:41°00′N
397:Event
318:Turkey
244:Active
241:Status
211:Strike
202:Length
137:Cities
119:Region
113:Turkey
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226:Plate
188:Range
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145:Bursa
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