Greece dismissed Turkey's criticism over a map presented as a gift to Patriarch Bartholomew, saying the gift was "purely ...

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 ...

More than 50 aftershocks rocked the Istanbul region after a powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Sea of Marmara just to the south of Turkey's biggest city on Wednesday, the interior ...

Its epicentre was some 40 km southwest of Istanbul in the Sea of Marmara. Reportedly, several neighbouring regions also felt the tremors. More to follow ...

Findings: Increased transport of seismic energy in the direction of Istanbul The ... for seismic hazard maps When estimating seismic hazard maps for certain regions, rupture directivity, e.g ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Duzce was one of the regions hit by a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in 1999, which was the worst to hit Turkey in decades. That quake killed more than 17,000 people, including about 1,000 in Istanbul.