| Sürgü Fault Zone | |
|---|---|
| Location | Eastern and south-central Turkey |
| Country | Turkey |
| Tectonics | |
| Plate | Anatolian Plate |
| Earthquakes | 1544 1986 Malatya earthquake 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake |
The Sürgü Fault Zone (Sürgü Fay Zonu) is a major fault zone in south-central Anatolia. It contains the Sürgü fault. Rupture on this fault caused the second major (M>7) earthquake during the 2023 Gaziantep-Kahramanmaraş earthquakes that started in February 2023.
The fault zone extends (west to east) from Göksun to Çelikhan where it merges into the East Anatolian Fault.[1] It is a "major fault recognized in the field" of geosciences and "was known to be capable of very significant earthquakes" such as in 1544 and 1986.[2] As of 2023 it has been estimated to have an activated length of about 300 kilometres (300,000 m).[3]
During the 2023 Gaziantep-Kahramanmaraş earthquakes, the Sürgü Fault experienced a major earthquake of Mw 7.6, which was followed by many aftershocks along the active length of the faultline.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Koç & Kaymakcı 2013, p. 292.
- ^ Govers 2023, ∂14:14.
- ^ Govers 2023, ∂17:05.
- ^ Govers 2023, ∂13:50.
Sources
[edit]- Govers, Rob (14 February 2023). "The science behind an earthquake". Utrecht: Utrecht University – via YouTube. ORCID 0000-0001-7148-8857
- "Hekimhan'daki 5.1 büyüklüğündeki deprem Sürgü Fayı üzerinde mi oldu?". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 13 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- Koç, Ayten; Kaymakcı, Nuretdin (April 2013). "Kinematics of Sürgü Fault Zone (Malatya, Turkey): A remote sensing study". Journal of Geodynamics. 65 (65). Elsevier: 292–307. Bibcode:2013JGeo...65..292K. doi:10.1016/j.jog.2012.08.001. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - Palutoğlu, Mahmut; Şaşmaz, Ahmet (2017). "29 Kasim 1795 Kahramanmaraş Depremi, Güney Türkiye" [29 November 1795 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake, Southern Turkey] (PDF). Maden Tetkik ve Arama Dergisi (Research Paper) (in Turkish) (155). Ankara: Maden Tetkik ve Arama: 191–206. ISSN 0026-4563.