After the 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Hatay in the evening, many experts made important statements on the subject.
While the wounds of the two big earthquakes that took place in Kahramanmaraş on February 6 continued to heal, another 6.4 earthquake occurred in Hatay Samandag at 20:04 on February 20. This earthquake, which was seen as an aftershock of the earthquake in Kahramanmaraş, unfortunately caused the demolition of some damaged buildings in Hatay.
Immediately after the earthquake, the eyes were turned to the statements of experts on the subject. Experts announced that this earthquake was an expected earthquake.
Here are the statements from the experts
prof. Dr. Naci Gorur
“It was the earthquake we expected in this region. We do not expect a major earthquake on the Ölüdeniz fault within the borders of Turkey. We are waiting for you in Adana. There may be a transfer of energy there as well. You have to be careful in Adana.”
prof. Dr. Celal Sengor
Fatih Altaylı quoted Celal Şengör’s statements and said, “You wondered what Celal Şengör was saying. He said he was waiting for this earthquake last week. It’s not unexpected. It was exactly where we expected it to be. Details are not yet clear, but that’s not surprising. When I get detailed information from Kandilli, I can speak clearly.” He used his expressions.
prof. Dr. Cenk Yalintirak
“The area where the last earthquake occurred is on the eastern side of the Antakya graben with faults between 2 and 16 km. This earthquake is a singular earthquake. Such earthquakes on 12 faults in this area are the product of transferred stress (White point is the location of the earthquake). The same cannot be repeated on the 7.7 fault.”
“We talked yesterday that after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake, earthquakes of around 6 magnitude could continue for a long time, and that moderate and heavily damaged buildings should be avoided. Unfortunately, this may take up to two years.”
prof. Dr. Ahmet Ercan
“Eastern Anatolia and the Dead Sea parts are enraged, everyone should sleep in container houses, cars and tents.”
prof. Dr. Hasan Sözbilir
“After the first major earthquake, there was a tension accumulation at the south and north ends of the fault that broke. The Antakya fault could not withstand this stress and broke. The great earthquake triggered the Antakya fault. In our observations on this fault last week, we observed cracks showing that the fault was forced against rupture.”