6.0 Western Turkey

Originally posted by showintail
What does the depth mean?

The depth is how deep the Earthquake hit ... The deeper the better, coz that means it's further away from the surface, causing minimal damage ...

However, if it's not very deep then it has the potential of causing damage to buildings and people.

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A good way of explaining depth/magnitude in laymans terms is to think of Earthquake waves as a balloon. The rupture is beneath the surface so the less of a radiating area it hits above the better, this minimises the wave energy passing across the surface as there's less displacement but also reduces the effects of S-Waves rebounding from lateral/subsurface features.

Earthquakes are often compared to ripples on a pond, and this is one of the biggest "no-no's" in the study of Seismology. The USGS Shakemap the past few years is excellent however for describing the balloon theosis. Where you can see the shallower quakes radiate the energy in a more concentrated area. While quakes 300 miles in depth or more can affect thousands of miles radiantly, but the concentration is sparse so it barely registers on the surface.

Is peaceful now ..
God help them, I' live close to Turkey ..
But is not good, in next days I think by some more activity ..
I hope I'M very wrong ..

Site don't work all time, new update .. UTC Time
2011-05-19 22:19:08.2 39.05 N 28.82 E 10 ML 3.1 A WESTERN TURKEY NOA
2011-05-19 22:05:51.0 39.11 N 29.12 E 3 ML 3.6 M WESTERN TURKEY

The 6.0 Magnitude has now been revised:


Type: Earthquake
2 hours ago
Magnitude: 5.8
DateTime: Thursday May 19 2011, 20:15:24 UTC
Region: western Turkey
Depth: 9.1 km

reply to post by faryjay


So are you see, can you or other enter site ??

2011-05-19 22:46:11.9 38.81 N 28.72 E 10 ML 2.9 A WESTERN TURKEY NOA
2011-05-19 22:22:47.0 39.05 N 29.04 E 7 ML 3.1 M WESTERN TURKEY DDA

reply to post by lover088


I'm using a different site:

Link

Here some new information what happening in Turkey ..

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Lived in Turkey many years and used this link also available in English


Deprem/Earthquake

and to think they want to build nuclear plants in Turkiye... hope the neighbours are all ok and this was the main one.

Originally posted by Alda1981
and to think they want to build nuclear plants in Turkiye... hope the neighbours are all ok and this was the main one.

After the tragic disaster in Japan, all the nuclear power plants around the World should be checked for safety etc. Coz anything can happen anywhere.

reply to post by Alda1981


Exactly!!! It is criminal to even think about it, in my opinion. No nukes, nowhere in the world, and the world will instantly be a better place.

here a video :