default break extend all the way to the surface? and it does. the fault break. if you are standing near the fault, even if you are a distance away from the epicentre, you are feeling the full blast of the shock. because it is right there at the surface. the shock. because it is right there at the surface. turkey is very prone to these and at the surface. turkey is very prone to these and i at the surface. turkey is very prone to these and i covered at the surface. turkey is very prone to these and i covered the - at the surface. turkey is very prone to these and i covered the one - at the surface. turkey is very prone to these and i covered the one we i to these and i covered the one we reported earlier, from 1999, that killed many thousands of people, so talk more about the geology of turkey in particular and the fault lines that run beneath it? the key thin is lines that run beneath it? the key thing is that lines that run beneath it? the key thing is that the lines tha
here s our science editor, rebecca morelle. thanks, sophie. this is the most powerful earthquake to have hit this region in almost a century. so what do we know about it? the epicentre was here in the south of turkey, close to the city of gaziantep near the syrian border in one of the world s most seismically active regions. the reason for that is turkey sits where three tectonic plates come together. the arabian plate is constantly pushing into the eurasian plate. and this squeezes this one the anatolian plate to the west, it s moving about 2cm every year. where the plates grind past each other, fault lines are created. the north anatolian fault has seen some major earthquakes over the last century. but the east anatolian fault where this earthquake struck has been less active. so tension has
of national mourning after the biggest earthquake to hit for decades. turkey is situated on or near several fault lines and it is one of the world s most active earthquake zones. many are deadly one of the worst on record, in 1999, killed more than 17,000 people. here s our science editor, rebecca morelle. thank you. this is the most powerful earthquake to have hit the region in almost a century. so what do we know about it? the epicentre was here in the south of turkey, close to the city of gaziantep near the syrian border in one of the world s most seismically active regions. the reason for that is turkey sits where three tectonic plates come together. the arabian plate is constantly pushing into the eurasian plate, which squeezes this one the anatolian plate to the west. it s moving about 2cm every year. where the plates grind past each other, fault lines are created. the north anatolian fault has seen