Active Fault

North Anatolian Fault

Strike-Slip Fault (Right-Lateral) · Turkey

The North Anatolian Fault is a strike-slip fault, where the two blocks slide horizontally past each other, right-lateral (the opposite block moves to the right). Its mapped traces are about 1,750 km long in Turkey. It marks the boundary between the Anatolian Plate and the Eurasian Plate. Its slip rate is estimated between 0.8 and 25 mm per year depending on the section. Since 1900, 19 major earthquakes have occurred within 30 km of its trace.

Type

Strike-Slip Fault

Sense of Slip

Right-Lateral

Mapped Length

≈ 1,750 km

Slip Rate

0.8 – 25 mm per year

Countries

Turkey

Plates

Anatolian Plate, Eurasian Plate

Major Earthquakes Within 30 km

Deadly or magnitude 7+ earthquakes recorded by NOAA, most recent first.

• 19991999 İzmit Earthquake · M 7.617,118 deaths
• 1999Düzce Earthquake of 1999 · M 7.2894 deaths
• 1992Erzincan Earthquake of 1992 · M 6.9653 deaths
• 1967Mudurnu Earthquake of 1967 · M 7.386 deaths
• 1967Tunceli–Pülümür Earthquake of 1967 · M 6.297 deaths
• 1957Abant Earthquake of 1957 · M 7.152 deaths
• 1952Pasinler (Hasankale), Erzincan, Turkey94 deaths
• 1951Kurşunlu Earthquake of 1951 · M 6.754 deaths
• 1949Karlıova Earthquake of 1949 · M 6.8320 deaths
• 1946Ustukran, Turkey · M 5.9840 deaths
• 1944Bolu–Gerede Earthquake of 1944 · M 7.62,381 deaths
• 1943Adapazarı–Hendek Earthquake of 1943 · M 6.4285 deaths
• 1943Tosya–Ladik Earthquake of 1943 · M 7.54,020 deaths
• 1942Niksar–Erbaa Earthquake of 1942 · M 71,000 deaths
• 19411941 Türkiye Earthquake · M 5.915 deaths

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Sources: GEM Global Active Faults (Styron et Pagani, 2020), CC BY-SA 4.0, catalogue EMME · NOAA NCEI · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Wikidata