Thousands dead and injured – this is the sad balance of Monday’s strong earthquakes with magnitudes of up to 7.4 in southeastern Turkey and northeastern Syria. But even at our latitudes, the earth shakes again and again. A current map shows where the chance of this is greatest.
In Europe alone, earthquakes in the 20th century claimed more than 200,000 lives and caused damage worth more than €250 billion. Comprehensive analyzes of seismic hazard and seismic risk are therefore important to reduce the impact of catastrophic earthquakes. To date, these cannot be prevented or accurately predicted. Accordingly, the people of Turkey and Syria were also taken by surprise in a cruel way.
Source: Krone
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