Since Turkey is one of the countries in the earthquake belt, there are 3 major fault lines in total. There is an earthquake risk map for the provinces and districts located on the North Anatolian Fault Line and the East Anatolian Line and the West Anatolian fault line. General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration MTA announced that there are 45 active faults that can produce earthquakes of 110 and above in 5,5 provinces and 485 districts. So how is the Diri fault map? MTA Turkey with the active fault line map Does the fault line pass under my house?
Active faults are marked on the map shared by the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA). 485 active faults were identified on the renewed map. These faults cover 45 districts in 110 provinces.
PROVINCES ON THE LIVE FAULT LINE
- AKSARAY,
- INTELLECTUAL,
- BALIKESIR,
- DIVIDED,
- BURDUR,
- BURSA,
- BINGOL,
- DENIZLI,
- ESKISEHIR,
- ERZINCAN,
- ERZURUM,
- HAKKARI,
- HATAY,
- IZMIR,
- KAHRAMANMARAÞ
- MANISA,
- MUGLA,
- KOCAELI
- KONYA,
- OTTOMAN,
- Sakarya
CLICK HERE FOR THE DIRECT FAULT LINE MAP OF TURKEY
WHAT IS LIFE FAY?
The reason why the lines that can produce earthquakes of 5.5 and above, known as active faults or active faults, take this name is because they are faults that have experienced earthquakes in the historical period.
Slip surfaces of various scales in the earth's crust (the interface between two plates or platelets on which earthquakes occur and move) are called faults.
The vitality of the faults can be understood from the faulting signs that affect the historical structures along with their historical background.
Active Fault Maps form the basis of the information infrastructure necessary for the determination of earthquake hazard and reduction of earthquake damages.
PRIMARY RISK AREAS
Izmir, Balikesir, Manisa, Mugla, Aydin, Denizli, Isparta, Usak, Bursa, Bilecik Yalova, Sakarya, Düzce, Kocaeli, Kirsehir, Bolu, Karabuk, Hatay, Bartin, Cankiri, Tokat, Amasya, Canakkale, Erzincan, Tunceli, Bingol and Muş, Hakkari, Osmaniye, Kırıkkale and Siirt.
SECOND DEGREE RISK AREAS
Tekirdağ, İstanbul (1st and 2nd Region), Bitlis, Kahramanmaraş, Van, Adıyaman, Şırnak, Zonguldak, Tekirdağ, Afyon, Samsun, Antalya, Erzurum, Kars, Ardahan, Batman, Iğdır, Elazığ, Diyarbakır, Adana, Eskişehir, Malatya, Kütahya, Çankırı, Uşak, Ağrı and Çorum.
THIRD DEGREE RISK AREAS
Eskisehir, Antalya, Tekirdag, Edirne, Sinop, Istanbul, Kastamonu, Ordu, Samsun, Giresun, Artvin, Sanliurfa, Mardin, Kilis, Adana, some regions of Gaziantep and Kahramanmaras, Sivas, Gumushane, Bayburt, Kayseri, Yozgat , Çorum, Ankara, Konya, Mersin and Nevşehir.
Least RISK AREAS
According to the Turkey Earthquake Map, the provinces in the fourth and fifth groups with the lowest earthquake risk are Sinop, Giresun, Trabzon, Rize, Artvin, Kırklareli, Ankara, Edirne, Adana, Nevşehir, Niğde, Aksaray, Konya and Karaman.