In eastern Turkey, the East Anatolian Fault Line is a strike-slip fault line.
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| Eastern Anatolia Fault Line map |
The tectonic border is formed by the transformation type between the Anatolian Plate and the northward advancing Arabian Plate. The left lateral movement along the fault reflects the difference in the relative motions of the two plates. The East and North Anatolian faults accommodate the westward migration of the Anatolian Plate, which has been squeezed as a result of the continuous collision with the Eurasian Plate.
The East Anatolian Fault begins near the northern end of the Dead Sea Fissure and finishes in the northeast at the Karlova Triple Junction, where it connects with the North Anatolian Fault.
WHERE DOES THE EASTERN ANATOLIA FAULT LINE PASS THROUGH?
The Eastern Anatolian Fault Line connects the North Anatolian Fault Line from Erzincan after passing through Hatay, Osmaniye, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Adyaman, Elaz, Bingöl, and Muş.
TURKEY EARTHQUAKE RISK MAP
According to AFAD, the Turkey Earthquake Hazard Map was updated and published in the Official Gazette on March 18, 2018, and went into effect on January 1, 2019.
Our Agency provided funding for the study as part of the National Earthquake Research Program (UDAP). In addition, the Catastrophe Insurance Pool gave assistance (DASK). In addition, the "Turkey Building Earthquake Regulation" was published in the same dated RG and went into effect at the same time.
The following is a rating of Turkey's seismic hazard regions;
PRIMARY RISK AREAS
Izmir, Balikesir, Manisa, Mugla, Aydin, Denizli, Isparta, Usak, Bursa, Bilecik Yalova, Sakarya, Düzce, Kocaeli, Kirsehir, Bolu, Karabuk, Hatay, Bartin, Cankiri, Tokat, Amasya, Canakkale, Erzincan, Tunceli, Bingol and Muş, Hakkari, Osmaniye, Kırıkkale and Siirt.
SECOND DEGREE AREAS
Tekirdağ, İstanbul (1st and 2nd Region), Bitlis, Kahramanmaraş, Van, Adıyaman, Şırnak, Zonguldak, Tekirdağ, Afyon, Samsun, Antalya, Erzurum, Kars, Ardahan, Batman, Iğdır, Elazığ, Diyarbakır, Adana, Eskişehir, Malatya, Kütahya, Çankırı, Uşak, Ağrı and Çorum.
THIRD DEGREE AREAS
Eskişehir, Antalya, Tekirdağ, Edirne, Sinop, İstanbul, Kastamonu, Ordu, Samsun, Giresun, Artvin, Şanlıurfa, Mardin, Kilis, Adana, some parts of Gaziantep and Kahramanmaraş, Sivas, Gümüşhane, Bayburt, Kayseri, Yozgat , Çorum, Ankara, Konya, Mersin and Nevşehir.
Least Risk Areas
Sinop, Giresun, Trabzon, Rize, Artvin, Krklareli, Ankara, Edirne, Adana, Nevşehir, Nide, Aksaray, Konya, and Karaman are the provinces in the fourth and fifth groups with the lowest earthquake risk, according to the Turkey Earthquake Map.