“The international scientific community has pointed out that there should be an earthquake in Istanbul immediately” said Efthymis Lekkas, explaining that within five years the tensions must be eased. “I say “must” because it is the last piece of the rift. The Anatolia fault consists of 13 pieces, 13 segments. The 12 sections are broken. The last part that has broken, i.e. caused a major earthquake, was in 1999 in Nikomedia. The last fault now that has not broken, from 1911 until now, is the fault that is south of Istanbul, in the underwater space. The international scientific groups had calculated that it should have broken by 2020. As long as it is delayed, tensions build up and a bigger earthquake may occur,” the president of the OASP said to ERTnews. In fact, he emphasized: “Also, the matter came to the fore because we had two earthquakes in Bursa and in Kovackili, a suburb of Istanbul, which is on the edges and edges of the rift and we suspected that here something […]
Source: News Beast
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