While individual earthquake activity is difficult ... that interact in Turkey. The Arabian and African plates are moving to the north and interacting with the Eurasian plate, which is essentially ...

The Feb. 6 earthquake in Turkey and Syria was so deadly because the region sits on a boundary between multiple tectonic plates, while soil and building conditions make strong earthquakes more ...

where the Pacific and North American plates meet. The region generally has more earthquake risk than Turkey and Syria, but some of that is mitigated by tough building codes. Apple's $5 billion ...

Map showing the East Anatolian and North Anatolian fault zones in Turkey. Points are overlaid on the map showing the locations of major earthquakes in the region since 1900. Eurasian Plate ...

Turkey is no stranger to strong earthquakes, as it is situated along tectonic plate boundaries. Seven quakes with magnitude 7.0 or greater have struck the country in the past 25 years -- but ...

Turkey, a hotbed of seismic activity, sits on the Anatolian Plate, which borders two major faults as it grinds northeast against Eurasia. By John Yoon The deadly earthquake on Monday in Turkey ...

Earthquakes are common in Turkey, which sits in a very seismically active region where three tectonic plates constantly grind against one another beneath Earth's surface. Historical records of ...

One dead and 69 injured as 5.8-magnitude quake sparks panic across tourist resorts - Tourists in Rhodes, Greece describe hotels shaking and scenes of panic as quake strikes just across the border near ...

Mehmet Kacmaz/Getty "Most of Turkey sits on a tectonic plate called the Anatolian Plate," William Barnhart, assistant coordinator for the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Earthquake Hazards Program ...

The East Anatolian Fault, where the Turkey earthquake happened ... nearly 1,000 miles to the southeast. The earthquake was triggered by the two plates that meet at the faultline moving against ...

Turkey is no stranger to strong earthquakes, as it is situated along tectonic plate boundaries. Seven quakes with magnitude 7.0 or greater have struck the country in the past 25 years — but ...