A giant tectonic fault in the Turkish province of Hatay was shown on video (2 photos + 5 videos)

14 February 2023

According to experts, this is a very rare occurrence.





After the devastating earthquake in the Turkish province Hatay formed a giant tectonic fault with a width of more than two hundred and over 30 meters deep. Soil shift occurred in an olive grove an area of 35 hectares and divided the village of Tapehan in two.

According to experts, this is a very rare occurrence.



According to the director of the Institute for the Theory of Earthquake Prediction and of Mathematical Geophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences Petr Shebalin, the appearance of a 200-meter fault is a rarity, because for such a phenomenon it is necessary that several factors work at the same time.

“Such faults are a consequence and earthquakes, and the action of gravity, the earthquake itself cannot cause a rift 200 meters wide on the surface. Most likely this combined action of gravity and earthquake,

Shebalin noted.

Izvestia correspondent Stanislav Grigoriev visited the fault site in the village of Tepekhan



Izvestia correspondent Stanislav Grigoriev visited the fault site in the village of Tepekhan

According to the latest data, the death toll due to the earthquake in Turkey has already exceeded 30 thousand people. According to UN forecasts, the number More than 50,000 people may have died from a natural disaster.



Turkish city of Kahramanmarash before and after the earthquake

Now in Turkey they are starting to look for those responsible for what happened. disaster. Turkish police have already detained more than 30 people who or otherwise associated with unscrupulous developers.

The authorities believe that construction companies in an attempt save on the construction of buildings used low-quality materials, and architects and engineers when drawing up drawings of future buildings do not considered necessary to make houses earthquake-resistant.

The Turk shows the quality of the bricks that some contractors use to build houses.



The Turk shows the quality of the bricks that some contractors use to build houses.

According to Bloomberg, the earthquake caused 84 billion dollars damage to the Turkish economy, which is 10% of GDP countries.

Earthquake-destroyed roadway in Kahramanmaras



Earthquake-destroyed roadway in Kahramanmaras

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