Fig. 1: Regional seismicity before the Kahramanmaraş earthquake.
From: Months-long seismicity transients preceding the 2023 MW 7.8 Kahramanmaraş earthquake, Türkiye
Fault traces and focal mechanisms associated with the 2023 MW 7.8 Kahramanmaraş and 2023 MW 7.5 Elbistan earthquakes are shown in red and blue, respectively. Fault trace, epicentral location and rupture mechanism of the 2020 MW 6.8 Elazig/Sivrice earthquake is also shown in green for comparison. Surface ruptures as reported by USGS map and ref. 34. The focal mechanisms display the estimated moment tensor for these earthquakes from GEOFON (lower hemisphere projection). Inset shows the major tectonic plates and politic boundaries in this region. Pink dots represent the seismicity during 2007–201921. Fault surface traces are from62.
