The probability of large earthquakes is considerably increased in Turkey when several of Earth's plates converge and move, as is visualized below.
Devastating earthquakes occurred on February 6 and 7 in the southeast of Turkey and the northwest of Syria. Over 20 aftershocks with magnitudes between 5.0 and 7.5 were recorded in the earthquake-devastated region of Gaziantep, in addition to the primary tremor that measured 7.8 on the Richter scale. According to CNN, the disaster's death toll...
