Professor Nasi Goror, a geophysicist, described a stretch of Istanbul, the most densely populated in Turkey cityLike sitting “within borders” of Hell’ also warned of the possibility future Earthquake.
The city who – which last It was severely damaged by earthquakes in 1999 is on edge in light of Frequent warnings by experts about the expected”big one,” earthquake with size of 7.0 or higher.
goror says The region It stretches from the Golden Horn to the Silivri hinterland on Europeans side of The city It would incur the greatest damage from tremors originating from the fault line about 9 kilometers (5.5 mi) off the coast of Marmara Sea.
he is points To the possible repercussions along a line extending 20 kilometers from south to north.
His comments came on Friday in a seminar on Earthquake Preparedness Contract in Avcilar District on Europeans side Where the 1999 earthquake caused heavy losses.
epicenter of earthquake was 1999 off the coast of Gölcük, an eastern town of Istanbul, which originated about 80 kilometers from Avcilar. However, the old buildings in The area succumbed to damage. It was not a coincidence, Gurur said, explaining that the geological structure of The region vulnerable to such disasters. “Most of Europeans side Under threat. Avcilar and Kucukcekmece (nearby) regions are rich in And streams and valleys and those only exacerbate their effect of earthquake. Avcilar sitting on Earth is made of Clay and limestone. In other words, the Earth material Not very durable,” he said event.
goror says There is no active Fault lines on On land, however, activity along marine fault lines can trigger inactive on Earth as well. Strong earthquake of 7.2, for For example, can trigger landslides in a area From Kucukcekmece to Buyukcekmece.” The expert highlighted an earthquake with size of 7.0 would append the equivalent amount of Damage 1.8 million tons of explosives. “Along with Collapses, such an earthquake would paralyze infrastructure and cause fires. So, it is simply not enough rebuild strong buildings like protection. authorities should customize a budget for (Better infrastructure) too.”
