Posted on 02/10/2023 4:31:54 PM PST by BenLurkin
Two enormous cracks in Earth's crust opened near the Turkish-Syrian border after two powerful earthquakes shook the region on Monday (Feb. 6), killing over 20,000 people.
Researchers from the U.K. Centre for the Observation & Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes & Tectonics (COMET) found the ruptures by comparing images of the area near the Mediterranean Sea coast taken by the European Earth-observing satellite Sentinel-1 before and after the devastating earthquakes.
The longer of the two ruptures stretches 190 miles (300 kilometers) in the northeastern direction from the northeastern tip of the Mediterranean Sea. The crack was created by the first of the two major tremors that hit the region on Monday, the more powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck at 4:17 a.m. local time (8:17 p.m. EST on Feb. 5). The second crack, 80 miles long (125 km), opened during the second, somewhat milder 7.5-magnitude temblor about nine hours later...
Such ruptures appear commonly after powerful earthquakes, professor Tim Wright, who leads the COMET team, told Space.com in an email. These two fissures, however, are unusually long, a testament to the enormous amount of energy the earthquakes unleashed.
The movement of the tectonic plates that caused the earthquakes was such that the cracks are clearly visible on the surface, running through towns and in some cases directly through buildings.
Since the earthquakes struck, satellites operated by governmental agencies as well as private companies have been assessing the damage. According to NASA(opens in new tab), the earthquakes erupted along a fault line 11 miles (18 km) below the surface. This shallow depth, NASA said in the statement, meant tremors propagated with vicious force, spreading hundreds of miles away from the epicenter.
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The number of fatalities will be extraordinary, when factoring in all of the indirect causes of death, like disease, starvation and homelessness.
Half a million or more, between Turkey and Syria.
And I fear it will trigger a new refugee crisis in Europe.
I believe that it has more to do with the pull of the Moon on the water covering most of the Earth. I used to live around Anchorage, Alaska and was always fascinated by the water movement in the North Pacific during the Full Moon tides (and to a lesser extent the New Moon tides). When one realizes the weight of all that water sloshing around the various basins on the surface it is staggering. Additionally, I worked most of my lengthy medical career in Emergency Medicine where all of the staff learned to anticipate how the phases of the Moon affected the craziness of the ER. We humans are, after all, mostly water. None of this is scientific but it certainly corresponds to many years of observations. Anyone who has been a first responder will know exactly what I am referring to.
Major down the road implications for Europe and the entire world (which isn’t really being reported on right now, too dark perhaps).
We knew right away, within an hour of the quake, that this was a huge long-term deal. Hell on earth.
Also could have implications for Erdogan with elections coming up. Although I suspect he’s got his cheating apparatus in gear.
Yes, could get ugly in Turkey come election time
We sent dogs to find people in rubble
From Barry Switzers Rescue
https://www.groundzerosaveslives.com/program/k9-emergency-training-center/
I wonder if these numbers take into account the indirect effects?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Turkey
BIG quakes are certainly not new to Turkey.
I agree.
Moreover, this event should stay in focus because quakes of similar strength, far more widespread effect, and longer duration of strong aftershock series, are increasingly "due" in our own New Madrid Seismic Zone.
We are ill prepared for such.
It's nobody's fault. /rimshot
The terrible loss of life is, alas, probably just the prelude to worse stuff brought on by the centuries-long war on civilization by Islam.
Slow week, or just that the GGG guy was a bone-idle bum? The other GGG topics added since the previous digest ping, chrono sort:
Crack kills...
When the fault line in the Great Rift Valley in East Africa beaks the whole.area could be flooded and become.part lf.the Indian ocean if fissures reach the coast. So so I have read.
In the MD, VA, DC metropolitan area, the coverage on ABC, NBC, and CBS has been relatively short. THere has been reporting on local search and rescue groups and dogs heading for Turkey. There is a lot more coverage on BBC News, NPR; and other public radio sites.
It will certainly be interesting or sad to see what happens at the next new moon or full moon, since there certainly is a tendancy for bad quakes to occur around those times. Turky had serious quakes and deaths on the north border some years ago. The political implications for Turkey’s May elections will be affected.
The impact this will have on the Russia/Ukraine war is yet to be factored in. This would certainly be a good opportunity for Putin to save face by turning around and going home. THen he could offer big aid to Turkey and help Assad clean up the Syrian mess to distract from his disastrous war and look like a humanitarian hero.
Perhaps it is cruel wishful thinking, but what if Chine had a huge earthquake? In the past there have been urban quakes that have killed 100,000 and more people. Take China’s mind off of Taiwan for a while. Lost the mandate of heaven???
Many factors to consider as a result of this quake disaster.
Just the earthquake driven failure of the Three Gorges Dam would be horrific enough by itself.
“ It’s nobody’s fault. /rimshot”
That had me shaking with laughter.
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