Terrible statements from Turkish seismologists began to be broadcast by mass media. The leitmotif was “and now the resorts”: popular vacation spots for tourists in Turkey may become the very place that may soon be hit by a new earthquake.
Mass media quote seismologist Dogan Perincek, who specializes in the study of processes in the Sea of Marmara. The epicenter of the new seven-point aftershocks is likely to be in Izmir, the researcher said. The resorts of Marmaris, Icmeler, and the like will also be affected. At the same time, there is a risk that a natural disaster will occur shortly.
“I have been engaged in daily monitoring and analysis of the seismic activity in the country with the help of special cards for more than ten years. I have been predicting an earthquake in Canakkale for three years,” said the seismologist. He also added that strong earthquakes in this place occur approximately once every 250 years. 287 years have passed since the last one.
We will remind you that German experts called Istanbul a zone of potential natural disaster, which is in a zone of highly high seismic risk, and there is not much time left before a terrible catastrophe in Turkey. This was announced by German scientists from the German Center for Geological Research (GFZ) in Potsdam, who named the timing of a new probable earthquake in Istanbul.
As Marko Bonhoff from this center stated on the pages of the German media, the next big earthquake is just around the corner, and it will most likely occur in the Istanbul area. “The average recurrence period of a strong earthquake in Istanbul is 250 years, and the last major earthquake occurred in 1766, so the next one is long overdue,” explained the German expert. Forecasting within a year is difficult, but there is a very high probability that the Istanbul area will be at risk of a major earthquake in the next few years or decades. Read details here.
It came from the “forecasters” and Antalya. “Mediterranean areas of Antalya and Mugla (Marmaris, Icmeler, etc.) are also potentially dangerous, caution should be exercised,” said Turkish professor, geologist, and member of the Academy of Sciences Professor Nasi Geryur, who also mentioned Izmir first. Read about his predictions in this article.