Istanbul is the only city in the world that's spread over two continents, with the Bosphorus strait forming the dividing line between Europe and Asia. The Golden Horn, an inlet stemming from the ...

On one of the desks, a laminated map shows the North Anatolian ... above 7 would occur before 2030 in the same region -- which includes Istanbul. The risk climbed to 75 percent in 50 years and ...

The temblor happened at 12:49 p.m. Eastern European time about 25 miles southwest of Istanbul, data from the ... to update the shake-severity map. An aftershock is usually a smaller earthquake ...

Figure 1: Tectonic setting of the NAFZ in Turkey and the larger Istanbul region. The primary focus of the study presented here is a better understanding of the physical processes acting in and ...

With its strategic location on the Bosphorus peninsula between the Balkans and Anatolia, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, Istanbul has been associated with major political, religious and artistic ...