SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Turkey
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iran
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iraq
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Syria
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Detailed explanation-1: -The fault extends westward from a junction with the East Anatolian Fault at the Karliova Triple Junction in eastern Turkey, across northern Turkey and into the Aegean Sea for a length of 1200−1500 kilometers. It runs about 20 km south of Istanbul.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Anatolian transform fault system is probably the most active in the world. It separates the Eurasian plate from the Anatolian plate in northern Turkey. Some of the most destructive earthquakes in history have been caused by movement along this fault.
Detailed explanation-3: -Most of the country of Turkey is located on the Anatolian plate.
Detailed explanation-4: -Turkey’s two main fault zones-the East Anatolian and the North Anatolian-make it one of the most seismically active regions in the world.