Thursday, November 21, 2024

A major earthquake will hit Istanbul in the next 7 years with a 64% chance, a professor from the Kandilli Observatory warned

Prof. Dr. Doğan Kalafat, director of Kandilli Observatory’s Regional Earthquake-Tsunami Tracking Center, has said that the probability of an earthquake with a magnitude above 7.0 to hit Istanbul until the year 2030 is 64 percent.

Kalafat’s comments came as the Kahramanmaraş earthquake raised new concerns about the safety of buildings in Istanbul. Thousands of people died in poor houses in southeastern Turkey after two major earthquakes struck on February 6. As the government promises a quick recovery for the region, attention is also turning to Istanbul, as experts have been warning for years that a major earthquake will hit the megacity in the near future.

Kalafat also warned of new earthquakes “at the middle region of the North Anatolian Fault Line.” “But there will be one centered at the Marmara Sea. The danger of this is known. This is a line going through the Marmara Sea. This line will produce an earthquake above (a magnitude of) 7.0. The place of this is known, but it is not possible to say when. All we can do is (to conduct) statistical analysis. And this (suggests) that this earthquake will happen with a probability of 64 percent until 2030, 75 percent until 2050, 95 percent until 2090,” he told Haber Global broadcaster on Feb. 21.

The long-awaited earthquake is expected to create massive material devastation in Istanbul, and experts often note that the construction in the metropolis is unlikely to be prepared for the quake. On Feb. 15, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu warned that 90,000 buildings in the city have a risk of entirely collapsing in a possible major quake.

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