The Science Behind the Massive Türkiye-Syria Earthquakes

   Source: Wall Street Journal Feb 13, 2023 No Comments.


Powerful earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria, causing thousands of deaths in Turkey’s worst seismic event in decades.

WSJ explains why the meeting of three tectonic plates under the region mean there may be more earthquakes along the fault lines.

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