Istanbul Earthquake May Be Much Bigger Than Thought

Two earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.7 and 7.4 experienced in Kahramanmaraş last week, hit 10 provinces. more than 13 million It affected our citizens and caused many buildings to collapse and thousands of people to lose their lives.

While our country and the whole world focus on healing the wounds of this devastating earthquake, geologists and seismologists are warning citizens about another upcoming danger, the Istanbul earthquake. However, Professor Doctor Cenk Yaltırak, a lecturer in Mining and Geological Engineering at ITU, Istanbul earthquake is much bigger than expected announced it could be.

4 faults can be broken at the same time instead of 1

Answering the questions of T24 reporter Cansu Çamlıbel Yaltırak states that almost all of Turkey’s current earthquake maps and possible earthquake scenarios are wrong. Yaltırak produced the most detailed 3D fault map of the Marmara region to date in an article published last November. This study, which attracts attention especially in the international academic circles, has been determined that, contrary to what has been stated for years, an earthquake of 7 or more magnitudes can occur in and around Istanbul. It showed that there were exactly 4 faults, not 1. Also, by leaning made 20 years ago according to a calculation that these faults can be broken by 2019-2026. also highlights.

The map presented by Cenk Yaltırak, used for earthquake studies in our country, Prof. Quite different from Xavier Le Pichon’s map. For this reason, the current earthquake map, earthquake code and that all the measures tried to be taken are wrong and underlines that with these mistakes one can not get anywhere.

Yaltırak was also released in 1999. Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO), it was determined that there is more than one fault in Marmara, but the collected data was collected by engineers and the article was not published in English. states that this information has not been brought up. “The fault map that I drew in January 1999 with a limited seismic section has a multiple fault system. Then, based on the seismic data and bathymetry map collected, they ignore the fault map in this article at all. Nobody wants to show it.The geologist states that the information he researched was ignored.

There were actually 3 earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş

Answering Cansu Çamlıbel’s questions about the Kahramanmaraş earthquakes, Yaltırak said that the first earthquake that took place in the morning was actually Two earthquakes with magnitude 7.4 and 7.6 states. Stating that there were actually 3 earthquakes and that this measurement could be detected with instruments that measure ground motion very precisely, the geologist states that the 1999 earthquake was actually a combination of 3 earthquakes, similarly.

Cenk Yaltırak also states that Celal Şengör and his team published 12 different maps on a single data, but there is only one fault in all maps. The data of the study conducted by TPAO were not shared. Yaltırak, who says that even he has to pay $118,000 to use the data, claims that false data also misleads the state.

You can click on this link to access the full article on T24.

Cenk Yaltırak made a statement on the subject.

After his statement was misunderstood by many, Prof. Dr. Cenk Yaltırak, in a statement on his Twitter account, “The possibility of the Istanbul earthquake to occur between 2019-2026” his estimate is not new data and this estimate was made for a magazine 20 years ago “a simple guessStating that the important thing is not the date of the earthquake, but the measures taken against the earthquake, Yaltırak states that the responsibility they take is very big.

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