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MAP: Where are Earth's moving tectonic plates and what is the Ring of Fire

2023-02-10 10:36:58Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

MAP: Where are Earth's moving tectonic plates and what is the Ring of Fire

On February 6 and 7, southeast Turkey and northwest Syria were hit by devastating earthquakes. In addition to the main tremor that reached a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale, more than 20 aftershocks with magnitudes ranging from 5.0 to 7.5 were recorded in the earthquake-hit region around Gaziantep.

As of Monday, the death toll from the disaster has risen to 21,000 in Turkey and neighboring Syria, according to CNN.

The cause of the Turkey-Syria earthquake, and all other earthquakes, lies in the phenomenon of plate tectonics, that is, the continental displacement of the plates that make up the Earth's mantle.

As the graph shows, several such plates meet in Turkey, which significantly increases the risk of severe earthquakes.

More importantly, some plates in Turkey are moving convergently, meaning they are moving closer together, which also makes large earthquakes more likely than where the plates are moving apart.

More specifically, the East Anatolian Rift, along which this week's earthquake occurred, is characterized by a convergent boundary with the African plate to the south and a transform boundary of horizontal movement with the Eurasian plate to the north.

Turkey lies on the Anatolian Plate, which is at the line of tension between the Arabian and Eurasian Plates.

The African Plate, which contributed to the formation of the Alps 60 million years ago by moving north, also borders the Anatolian Plate.

Along the edges of the Pacific Plate lies the so-called Ring of Fire responsible for most of the world's volcanic activity, another place where convergent plate boundaries exist.

The other plates are the Australian, North American and South American plates.

The strongest earthquakes in recent history all occurred along the Ring of Fire, which also includes the famous Mariana Trench, around the Pacific Plate.

An earthquake of magnitude 9.5 was measured in Valdiva, Chile, in 1960. In 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean near Sumatra reached a magnitude of 9.1 to 9.

MAP: Where are Earth's moving tectonic plates and what is the Ring of Fire


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