April 10, 2011
I’m in Turkey now, another place I haven’t been. I am in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey. Its coordinates are 41° 1’ 7” N and 28° 57’ 53” E.
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| A view of Istanbul: |
Today I visited a museum, and even though I generally don’t enjoy museums, I had a fun time and learned a lot. Apparently, Istanbul is 20 km north of the North Anatolian fault. This fault is a strike-slip fault that is made by the transform boundary between the Eurasian Plate and the Anatolian Plate. This means that the two plates are sliding by each other and bumping into each other.
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| The North Anatolian Fault: |
This transform boundary causes lots of earthquakes. The most recent earthquake was a 6.1 earthquake in 2010 that killed 51 people. The largest recorded earthquake in Turkey was an 8.0 earthquake in 1668. It killed 8,000 people. Since then there have been more than 30 earthquakes that were over a 5.0 magnitude. A 7.2 and a 7.6 in 1999 left lots of damage. I found this picture at the museum; it is of the damage in 1999.
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| Earthquake Damage: I left the museum at 5 and headed to the restaurant “Hala” for an early dinner. I had a delicious dish of Turkish ravioli called Manti. It was one of the best meals I have ever eaten and definitely deserves another visit tomorrow! J |
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