Turkey-Syria earthquake (2023)
Also called: Kahramanmaras earthquake · Topic: Interior of the Earth: Earthquakes, Volcanoes and the Layered Earth · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
The Turkey-Syria earthquake struck on 6 February 2023, with a magnitude of Mw 7.8. A second quake of Mw 7.5 followed hours later. Both happened on the East Anatolian Fault in south-eastern Turkey. This is a strike-slip fault, where the blocks slide past each other sideways. More than 50,000 people died in Turkey and Syria. India sent rescue and medical teams under Operation Dost.
Example
The worst-hit areas included Kahramanmaras province in south-eastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, which gave the quake its other name. The damage spread across the border into northern Syria.
Don't confuse with
- Operation Brahma: India's relief mission after the Myanmar earthquake of 2025. Operation Dost was the mission for Turkey and Syria.
Related concepts
- Alpine-Himalayan belt
- Seismic gap
- Assam-Tibet earthquake (1950)
- Gorkha earthquake (2015)
- Myanmar earthquake (2025)