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RECENT EVENTS Izmit Earthquake Of 1999 SIGNIFICANT EARTHQUAKES ALONG THE FAULT Since the disastrous 1939 Erzincan Earthquake , there have been seven Earthquake s measuring over 7.0 on the Richter Scale , each has happened at a point progressively further west. Seismologists studying this pattern, believe that Earthquakes Happen In "storms" over a number of decades and that one Earthquake triggers the next. By analysing the stresses caused along the Fault by each Earthquake , they were able to forecast a disturbance that hit the town of Izmit with such devastating effect in August 1999 . It is thought that the chain is not complete, and that an Earthquake will soon strike further west along the fault - perhaps in the heavily populated city of Istanbul . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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