THE damage of Turkey’s devastating earthquakes that ripped a huge hole in the earth’s crust has been revealed by incredible pics from space. The powerful tremors catalysed the formation…
Data acquired as it journeyed north to south over Turkey at an altitude of 435 miles concerningly suggested the ground had been completely warped by the natural disaster.
Buckling under the pressure of the first two quakes, the ground was shunted in a "left-lateral" motion by several metres. Processed by the UK Centre for Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics , the map has proved a stark reminder of the strength of the quakes. "The rupture of the first event was 300km or so long and the second big event ruptured another 140km or so of a different fault. To put those distances in context, London to Paris is roughly 345km.
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