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Satellite pic shows 300-km-long crack that opened after Turkey earthquake
short by Arshiya Chopra / on Saturday, 11 February, 2023
The UK's Centre for the Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics (COMET) has shared a satellite picture showing two cracks that opened near the Turkish-Syrian border after 7.8 magnitude and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes. The longer of the two ruptures stretches 300km northeast from the Mediterranean Sea's northeastern tip and was created by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake.
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