Scientists say Monday's deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria looks similar to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake ... but the tectonic setting is quite similar," United ...

There are four tectonic plates, massive slabs of rock made of up Earth's lithosphere, that interact in Turkey ... magnitude earthquake that killed at least 3,000 people in the San Francisco ...

6 earthquake in Turkey and Syria was so deadly because the region sits on a boundary between multiple tectonic plates ... California's faults — including San Andreas — are overdue for ...

In the wake of the devastating earthquake that killed an estimated 11,000 people in Turkey ... San Andreas Fault. "Earthquake timing is influenced by the unique forces associated with the tectonic ...

Because so many geological plates ... the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and then the 1933 Long Beach quake. "Building collapse isn’t as big a danger in California as it is in Turkey.

“Also the long term slip rate — the rate at which the plates are ... first February earthquake in Turkey was roughly the same as the 1906 earthquake that devastated San Francisco.

Turkey is an "earthquake hot spot" because three different tectonic plates converge in the area: the Arabian, Anatolian, and African plates, writes The Washington Post. At the same time ...

You can get in touch with Robyn by emailing [email protected] The devastating range of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Southeastern Turkey ... tectonic structures around the Anatolian Plate ...

The fault runs more than 800 miles, carving the state of California into two tectonic plates ... the most significant earthquake of all time, the Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, took ...