Why the Aftershock Quakes Made the 2023 Türkiye–Syria Earthquake Particularly Intense

02/14/23

“Why did the aftershock quakes make the 2023 Türkiye–Syria Earthquake particularly intense?”

Southeastern Türkiye and Northwestern Syria woke up the morning of February 6th to a brutal magnitude 7.8 earthquake. While a quake of that size would devastate any community, what followed made it especially gruesome. Soon after, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit a region slightly to the north. These were followed by over 2,100 aftershocks that further rumbled the ground. Structures that were built to survive an earthquake were weakened and destroyed by the onslaught of follow-up shakings. This is Why the Aftershock Quakes Made the 2023 Türkiye–Syria Earthquake Particularly Intense.