Figure 2. (a) The seismotectonic framework of the Eastern Mediterranean region with the movement of Africa, Arabia, and Anatolia relative to Eurasia. (NAFZ: North Anatolian Fault Zone, EAFZ: East Anatolian Fault Zone, BT: Bitlis Thrust, CA: Cyprus Arc, K: Karlıova, Ç: Çelikhan T: Türkoğlu, A: Aqaba). (b) Map of the East Anatolian Fault Zone, showing the major active fault segments in dashed red lines. Yellow dashed lines show reactivated segments during the Feb. 6 events. The numbers in the pale rectangles show the year of the last major historical earthquake that occurred at that fault segment and the approximate magnitude. NAFZ: North Anatolian Fault Zone, EAFZ: East Anatolian Fault Zone, DSFZ: Dead Sea Fault Zone, ÇSF: Çardak-Sürgü Fault, ER: Erzincan, K: Karlıova, EL: Elazığ, MA: Malatya, DB: Diyarbakır, ŞU: Şanlıurfa, AY: Adıyaman, GA: Gaziantep, AD: Adana, AN: Antakya, Ç: Çelikhan, Gö: Gölbaşı, P: Pazarcık, N: Nurhak, E: Elbistan, G: Göksun, T: Türkoğlu, Kr: Kırıkhan, AB: Amik Basin, GB: Ghab Basin. Map produced from SRTM Worldwide Elevation Data (1-arc-second resolution). Credit: Erdik, Tümsa, Pınar, Altunel, and Zülfikar

Figure 2. (a) The seismotectonic framework of the Eastern Mediterranean region with the movement of Africa, Arabia, and Anatolia relative to Eurasia. (NAFZ: North Anatolian Fault Zone, EAFZ: East Anatolian Fault Zone, BT: Bitlis Thrust, CA: Cyprus Arc, K: Karlıova, Ç: Çelikhan T: Türkoğlu, A: Aqaba). (b) Map of the East Anatolian Fault Zone, showing the major active fault segments in dashed red lines. Yellow dashed lines show reactivated segments during the Feb. 6 events. The numbers in the pale rectangles show the year of the last major historical earthquake that occurred at that fault segment and the approximate magnitude. NAFZ: North Anatolian Fault Zone, EAFZ: East Anatolian Fault Zone, DSFZ: Dead Sea Fault Zone, ÇSF: Çardak-Sürgü Fault, ER: Erzincan, K: Karlıova, EL: Elazığ, MA: Malatya, DB: Diyarbakır, ŞU: Şanlıurfa, AY: Adıyaman, GA: Gaziantep, AD: Adana, AN: Antakya, Ç: Çelikhan, Gö: Gölbaşı, P: Pazarcık, N: Nurhak, E: Elbistan, G: Göksun, T: Türkoğlu, Kr: Kırıkhan, AB: Amik Basin, GB: Ghab Basin. Map produced from SRTM Worldwide Elevation Data (1-arc-second resolution). Credit: Erdik, Tümsa, Pınar, Altunel, and Zülfikar

Figure 2. (a) The seismotectonic framework of the Eastern Mediterranean region with the movement of Africa, Arabia, and Anatolia relative to Eurasia. (NAFZ: North Anatolian Fault Zone, EAFZ: East Anatolian Fault Zone, BT: Bitlis Thrust, CA: Cyprus Arc, K: Karlıova, Ç: Çelikhan T: Türkoğlu, A: Aqaba). (b) Map of the East Anatolian Fault Zone, showing the major active fault segments in dashed red lines. Yellow dashed lines show reactivated segments during the Feb. 6 events. The numbers in the pale rectangles show the year of the last major historical earthquake that occurred at that fault segment and the approximate magnitude. NAFZ: North Anatolian Fault Zone, EAFZ: East Anatolian Fault Zone, DSFZ: Dead Sea Fault Zone, ÇSF: Çardak-Sürgü Fault, ER: Erzincan, K: Karlıova, EL: Elazığ, MA: Malatya, DB: Diyarbakır, ŞU: Şanlıurfa, AY: Adıyaman, GA: Gaziantep, AD: Adana, AN: Antakya, Ç: Çelikhan, Gö: Gölbaşı, P: Pazarcık, N: Nurhak, E: Elbistan, G: Göksun, T: Türkoğlu, Kr: Kırıkhan, AB: Amik Basin, GB: Ghab Basin. Map produced from SRTM Worldwide Elevation Data (1-arc-second resolution). Credit: Erdik, Tümsa, Pınar, Altunel, and Zülfikar

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