Dr. Lucy Jones has been studying seismologic events around the world since the late 1970s. She is now one of the world’s leading experts on earthquakes.
A major 7.8 magnitude earthquake followed by another strong quake devastated wide swaths of Turkey and Syria early Monday. The other strong quake — magnitude 7.5 — hit Turkey nine hours after the main jolt. Though scientists were studying whether that was an aftershock, they agreed that the two quakes are related.
“That means it’s a vertical fault. One side moves sideways past the other, and shaking is released from the whole surface,” Jones said. That high level of shaking resulted in massive destruction and loss of life. But Jones says the aftershocks will continue. “And I think it’s something we all need to remember for future earthquakes for the rest of us is that earthquakes are not equal opportunity. People who are already on the margin suffer much more,” Jones said.
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