According to Italian seismologist Professor Carlo Doglioni, the violent earthquake could move Turkey by 5 to 6 meters to the southwest.
Turkey's deadly earthquake, which killed more than 17,000 people, may have caused the country to move five to six meters further than Syria, according to Italian seismologist Professor Carlo Doglioni. The earthquake, which was centered in Turkey's southeastern province of Kahanmaras, was the result of the grinding of the tectonic plates on which the country sits.
The earthquake was caused by the horizontal sliding of two plates, the Anatolian and Arabica plates, as a result of which the Anatolian plate moved southwest.
A large map of the tectonic plates responsible for the Turkey-Syria earthquake
Beneath Turkey's surface, two plates jolted past each other as one moved west and the other east, causing the deadly earthquake. The earthquake was a strike-slip earthquake, where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally, and was part of a single seismic sequence that spanned the intersection of four plates, including the Anatolian, Arabica, Eurasian and African plates.
The earthquake occurred in the seismically active East Anatolian Fault Zone, which has a history of producing devastating earthquakes.
In response to the disaster, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was set to visit the quake-hit provinces of Gaziantep, Osmaniye and Kilis, amid criticism that the government's response has been slow. Turkey's Disaster Management Agency reports that in addition to 12,873 deaths, more than 60,000 people have been injured.
On the Syrian side of the border, 3,162 people were reported killed and over 5,000 injured.
According to Fitch Ratings, while rescue efforts are ongoing, damages from the earthquake could reach more than $4 billion. However, due to low insurance coverage in the area, insured losses would be much smaller, possibly around $1 billion.
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