Interview on Istanbul: "Potential for earthquakes of magnitude 7 to 7.4"

The 6.2 earthquake on Wednesday has frightened many people in Turkey. Researchers such as the Potsdam seismologist Bohnhoff have a close look at this region. They have been expecting a bigger quake for some time.

Dogan Tilic Ankara/Estanbul, 25 Apr (EFEverde).- The series of earthquakes of some importance that have been shaking Istanbul for days, the most recent this Friday of magnitude 3.6, has reawakened the fear of a 'big one', a great devastating earthquake for which, many fear, the Turkish megalopolis is not prepared. Last Wednesday there was a earthquake of magnitude 6.2, with an epicenter at a depth of 6.9 kilometers in the geological fault that c…

Turkish seismologists are divided regarding the continuation of seismic behavior in Istanbul and the Sea of Marmara, following the strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Wednesday, 23…More...

Seismologists in Turkey appear divided regarding the continuation of the seismic behavior of the Istanbul and Marmara Sea regions, after the strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake... Turkey: Seismologists' "war" over the day after the 6.2 Richter magnitude earthquake in Istanbul - What are the estimates - NAVTEMPORIKI