Earthquakes

Main article: Earth (planet)

An earthquake can occur due to many factors, among them: plate tectonics, magma movement in volcanoes, changes in water temperature or pressure, and strong winds.

Three major earthquake zones on the planet

No corner of the planet is immune to an earthquake, but most often they occur in these three zones of the earth:

• The Pacific seismic belt, it is also called the "Ring of Fire." It lies along the edge of the Pacific Ocean, where about 81% of the world's largest earthquakes occur. Earthquakes in these places are caused by sliding between tectonic plates and breaks within them.

• Alpine seismicity belt. Stretching from Java to Sumatra, it goes on to pass through the Himalayas, Mediterranean and Atlantic.

• Mid-Atlantic Range. The ridge marks where the two tectonic plates diverge. Much of the Mid-Atlantic Range is deep underwater. However, there is, for example, Iceland, which is located right above the Mid-Atlantic Range, and there earthquakes are not uncommon.

Earthquakes in Italy

Main article: Earthquakes in Italy

Earthquake Warning Systems

• Google Earthquake Alerts System

2023

After the earthquake, an entire city will be demolished in Turkey. 40 thousand people lived in it

In mid-February 2023, the government Turkey decided to demolish the city of Nurdagi, which became one of the foci. A killing earthquakes new settlement will be built in its place. According to Turkish data MEDIA, , the population of the city was at least 40 thousand people. More here.

China and Indonesia lead in the number of earthquakes

Two earthquakes in Turkey of magnitude 7.8 and 7.7, which began on February 6, 2023, were the strongest in the country since 1939 and affected several areas of Syria, as well as Lebanon, Iraq and Cyprus. Which countries most often suffer from seismic activity can be found in the infographic below.

This data is collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the analytical company Statista. And the newspaper "Kommersant" carried out a graphic design of these statistics.

Scheme of countries suffering from earthquakes

The publication notes that the seismic hazard rating is headed by two Asian countries - China and Indonesia, in each of which more than one and a half hundred earthquakes have occurred since 1990. For comparison, in Italy, which is considered the most dangerous region of Europe, 23 were registered during the same period. In Russia - 34, most of them in Kamchatka, Kuril Islands and Sakhalin.^[1]

2004: Tsunami kills more than 225,000 people in several countries after Indian Ocean earthquake

Main article: 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami

On Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 07:58:53 local time, an underwater earthquake caused a tsunami, which became the deadliest in modern history. The magnitude of the earthquake was, according to various estimates, from 9.1 to 9.3. This earthquake is one of the three strongest earthquakes on record, one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history and the most destructive tsunami in history.

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