Stress change calculations provide clues to aftershocks in 2023 Türkiye earthquakes
Shinji Toda, Ross S. Stein, Ali Değer Özbakır, Héctor González‐Huízar, CICESE, Volkan Sevilgen, G. C. Lotto, Serkan Sevilgen
Abstract
Coulomb stress calculations based on preliminary data and models suggest that the magnitude-7.5 shock on the Sürgü and Çardak faults was brought closer to failure by the magnitude-7.8 rupture on the East Anatolian Fault, 110 kilometers to the south.
Topics & Concepts
AftershockSeismologyMagnitude (astronomy)GeologyShock (circulatory)Fault (geology)CoulombPhysicsNuclear physicsAstrophysicsMedicineElectronInternal medicineearthquake and tectonic studiesRock Mechanics and ModelingSeismology and Earthquake Studies