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with devastating effect in August 1999. It is thought that the chain is not complete, and that an earthquake will soon strike further west along the fault – perhaps near the heavily populated city of
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studying this pattern believe that each earthquake may trigger the next. By analyzing the stresses along the fault caused by each large earthquake, they were able to predict
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183:1,370 metres (4,495 ft)
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63:Coordinates
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658:2020-08-08
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580:2022 Düzce
567:1999 Düzce
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515:1966 Varto
502:1957 Abant
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334:transforms
322:Aegean Sea
483:320 dead
384:the shock
298:transform
220:Tectonics
180:Top depth
172:Elevation
509:52 dead
418:64 dead
342:Istanbul
326:Istanbul
304:and the
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157:Erzincan
141:Istanbul
737:Horizon
706:Bibcode
617:Bibcode
312:at the
282:Turkish
161:Erzurum
101:Country
76:35°00′E
73:41°00′N
397:Event
318:Turkey
244:Active
241:Status
211:Strike
202:Length
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