Possible earthquake with a magnitude of up to 8 on the Richter scale may happen in Aegean Seawarned a Turkish geology professor Suleiman Pambal in an interview with a TV channel CNN Turkey.
According to him, the region is experiencing an “unnatural seismic storm”, and the number of tremors has already exceeded 15,000.
“We are seeing an anomalous situation,” Pambal said. — Earthquakes of magnitude 4–5 occur every day. Two recent magnitude 6.1 tremors occurred, both on the fault zone Sindyrgi close Simava“
The scientist emphasized that these events are not related to the same fault line. According to him, the roots of what is happening lie deeper – in the systems Greek and Cypriot arcstretching along the line Crete–Rhodeswhere the South African plate goes under Anatoly.
Seismic energy moves east
Pambal recalled that similar “seismic storms” had already been observed earlier – in 2011 and earlier, near Santorini in 1956. These phenomena, he said, are associated with magmatic activity in the plate collision zone between Africa and Anatolia. Now, he noted, activity is gradually shifts to the eastaffecting western Turkey.
“Seismic energy in the Sindirghi area may be a warning stage of something larger”said the professor. According to his estimates, since 300 AD, in the area of the Crete-Rhodes line, seven earthquakes of magnitude 7.5–8making this region one of the most dangerous points in the Mediterranean.
“The real danger is here”,” Pambal emphasized, adding that the activity now being recorded in the north may be part of preparatory stage to stronger earthquakes in the future.
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