7.2M Quake Strikes Turkey. Scores Feared Dead.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Sunday, killing at least 85 people and sparking widespread panic as it collapsed dozens of buildings into piles of twisted steel and chunks of concrete.

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Last report is that eighty five to ninety have been confirmed dead with scores more feared dead or missing. This is the most powerful earthquake to have hit Turkey in the past dozen years. The last major earthquake occurred in 1999 which killed over seventeen thousand. It is widely known that Turkey is located on two strike-slip fault zones. The North Anatolian Fault and the Eastern Anatolian Fault are the two major fault that run through the nation. This region has been affected by the Earth's movement even before records of earthquakes in this area of the world were being taken. Even though the major part of the earthquake has already occured. There will be aftershocks from this quake for the months and years to come.

This and the Tohoku Earthquake off of the eastern coast of Japan back in March Have shown us just how much we are not in control of what exactly Mother Earth does. For all we know, another earthquake could hit Tokyo, Los Angeles, or Sydney in the next twenty four hours. All we can do is try and predict when and where these events will take place. There is nothing that we can do to prevent such events from happening. Nor can we control when and if an earthquake will and where it will occur. About all we can do is sit and wait for it to happen.

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