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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(129,963 posts)
Fri Feb 10, 2023, 09:36 PM Feb 2023

Turkey earthquake opened 190-mile-long fissure, satellite images show

Two enormous cracks in Earth's crust opened near the Turkish-Syrian border after two powerful earthquakes shook the region on Monday (Feb. 6), killing over 20,000 people.

Researchers from the U.K. Centre for the Observation & Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes & Tectonics (COMET) found the ruptures by comparing images of the area near the Mediterranean Sea coast taken by the European Earth-observing satellite Sentinel-1 before and after the devastating earthquakes.

The longer of the two ruptures stretches 190 miles (300 kilometers) in the northeastern direction from the northeastern tip of the Mediterranean Sea. The crack was created by the first of the two major tremors that hit the region on Monday, the more powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck at 4:17 a.m. local time (8:17 p.m. EST on Feb. 5). The second crack, 80 miles long (125 km), opened during the second, somewhat milder 7.5-magnitude temblor about nine hours later, COMET said in a tweet on Friday (Feb. 10).

Such ruptures appear commonly after powerful earthquakes, professor Tim Wright, who leads the COMET team, told Space.com in an email. These two fissures, however, are unusually long, a testament to the enormous amount of energy the earthquakes unleashed.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/turkey-earthquake-opened-190-mile-long-fissure-satellite-images-show/ar-AA17ljsF

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Turkey earthquake opened 190-mile-long fissure, satellite images show (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2023 OP
wow. republianmushroom Feb 2023 #1
I heard today on Al Jazeera 8 hydroelectric dams are cracked. roamer65 Feb 2023 #2
who will be capable of fixing this? NJCher Feb 2023 #4
Good question. roamer65 Feb 2023 #6
It will be something to watch NJCher Feb 2023 #7
Reminds me of this scene from Earthquake. roamer65 Feb 2023 #9
Incredible. nt crickets Feb 2023 #3
This is the first I've heard of satellites being capable of human thought... BWdem4life Feb 2023 #5
Good catch. Delmette2.0 Feb 2023 #8

NJCher

(41,803 posts)
4. who will be capable of fixing this?
Sat Feb 11, 2023, 12:26 AM
Feb 2023

that would mean they won't be getting electricity for a long time.

How would you like to have that on your "to do" list: fix 8 hydroelectric dams.

NJCher

(41,803 posts)
7. It will be something to watch
Sat Feb 11, 2023, 03:15 AM
Feb 2023

How it gets done, that is. Obviously it is of a very high priority, coming just after saving lives.

I lived in an area where the Army Corp of Engineers constructed one of these damns and their knowledge and reputation is far reaching.

I think China has a lot of these dams. I think they might be the only other country capable of helping. Oh one other— I’ll bet the Germans could.

Maybe poster DFW will come along and help us with that.

BWdem4life

(2,798 posts)
5. This is the first I've heard of satellites being capable of human thought...
Sat Feb 11, 2023, 12:38 AM
Feb 2023
Two cracks in the Earth's crust opened in the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey on Monday, Feb. 6, satellites believe.
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