North Anatolian Fault zone

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The North Anatolian Fault zone is a major active strike-slip fault system in northern Turkey, responsible for significant seismic activity and large earthquakes along the boundary between the Anatolian and Eurasian plates.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf plate boundary fault system
strike-slip fault
transform fault
continent Asia
country Turkey
crustalDepthExtent upper crust
deformationStyle brittle crustal deformation
displacementRate about 20–25 mm per year
earthquakeSequencePattern westward-migrating large earthquakes
extendsFrom eastern Turkey
extendsTo northern Aegean Sea
faultTypeDetail continental transform fault
firstMajorInstrumentallyRecordedEvent 1939 Erzincan earthquake
geologicalAge Quaternary active
hazardTo Istanbul metropolitan area
linked to: Istanbul

Marmara region
linked to: Marmara Region
knownFor large destructive earthquakes
length approximately 1200 km
locatedIn northern Turkey
maximumMagnitudeObserved about 7.9 Mw
motionSense dextral
notableEarthquake 1939 Erzincan earthquake
1943 Tosya–Ladik earthquake
1944 Bolu–Gerede earthquake
1957 Abant earthquake
1967 Mudurnu Valley earthquake
1992 Erzincan earthquake
1999 Düzce earthquake
1999 İzmit earthquake
oceanConnection northern Aegean Sea
orientation east–west trending
passesNear Bolu
linked to: Bolu Province

Erzincan
linked to: Erzincan Province

Istanbul
Marmara Sea
linked to: Sea of Marmara
plate Anatolian Plate
Eurasian Plate
region Anatolia
relatedTo East Anatolian Fault
North Aegean Trough
relativeMotionType right-lateral strike-slip
riskCategory major seismic hazard zone
segmentType multi-segment fault system
seismicity high
stressRegime strike-slip dominated
studiedBy seismologists
tectonic geomorphologists
tectonicProcess westward escape of Anatolian Plate
tectonicSetting boundary between the Anatolian Plate and the Eurasian Plate

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Sea of Marmara locatedOn North Anatolian Fault zone
İzmit locatedInSeismicZone North Anatolian Fault
linked to: North Anatolian Fault zone
Asian Turkey traversedBy North Anatolian Fault
linked to: North Anatolian Fault zone
Erzincan Province traversedBy North Anatolian Fault
linked to: North Anatolian Fault zone
Anatolian Plate boundedBy North Anatolian Fault
linked to: North Anatolian Fault zone
Anatolian Plate contains North Anatolian Fault system
linked to: North Anatolian Fault zone