Natural Disasters

Turkey-Syria earthquake explained

Turkey lies at the centre of three tectonic plates — Anatolian, Arabian and African. Arabia is moving northwards into Europe, causing the Anatolian plate (which Turkey sits on) to be push westward

By Aishwarya Iyer
Published: Tuesday 07 February 2023

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