![]() The continental collision causes N-S compression in eastern Turkey and transforms faults because of the westward motion of Anatolia with the additional rollback force of the Hellenic subduction. The relative motion of Arabian, Eurasian and African plates generates complex fault systems in Anatolia (Figure 1). Turkey and its surrounding area are one of the most highly seismically active regions on Earth and are visited by large earthquakes because of its complex tectonic regime. To understand the earthquake hazard in the eastern Mediterranean, we first look at the motion of the tectonic plates in the region. ![]() The relief model is generated with the ETOPO1 model (Amante and Eakins, 2009). Bars are the down-thrown side of normal faults. Triangles indicate the direction of vergence or subduction. ![]() DSFZ: Dead Sea Fault Zone, EAFZ: East Anatolian Fault Zone, NAFZ: North Anatolian Fault Zone. Simplified tectonic map of Turkey and surroundings (modified from Tan, 2021).
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