North Anatolian Fault zone

E124744

plate boundary fault system strike-slip fault transform fault

The North Anatolian Fault zone is a major active strike-slip fault system in northern Turkey, responsible for significant seismic activity and large earthquakes along the boundary between the Anatolian and Eurasian plates.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
North Anatolian Fault	4
North Anatolian Fault system	1
North Anatolian Fault zone canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	plate boundary fault system ⓘ strike-slip fault ⓘ transform fault ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
crustalDepthExtent	upper crust ⓘ
deformationStyle	brittle crustal deformation ⓘ
displacementRate	about 20–25 mm per year ⓘ
earthquakeSequencePattern	westward-migrating large earthquakes ⓘ
extendsFrom	eastern Turkey ⓘ
extendsTo	northern Aegean Sea ⓘ
faultTypeDetail	continental transform fault ⓘ
firstMajorInstrumentallyRecordedEvent	1939 Erzincan earthquake ⓘ
geologicalAge	Quaternary active ⓘ
hazardTo	Istanbul ⓘ surface form: Istanbul metropolitan area Marmara Region ⓘ surface form: Marmara region
knownFor	large destructive earthquakes ⓘ
length	approximately 1200 km ⓘ
locatedIn	northern Turkey ⓘ
maximumMagnitudeObserved	about 7.9 Mw ⓘ
motionSense	dextral ⓘ
notableEarthquake	1939 Erzincan earthquake ⓘ 1943 Tosya–Ladik earthquake ⓘ 1944 Bolu–Gerede earthquake ⓘ 1957 Abant earthquake ⓘ 1967 Mudurnu Valley earthquake ⓘ 1992 Erzincan earthquake ⓘ 1999 Düzce earthquake ⓘ 1999 İzmit earthquake ⓘ
oceanConnection	northern Aegean Sea ⓘ
orientation	east–west trending ⓘ
passesNear	Bolu Province ⓘ surface form: Bolu Erzincan Province ⓘ surface form: Erzincan Istanbul ⓘ Sea of Marmara ⓘ surface form: Marmara Sea
plate	Anatolian Plate ⓘ Eurasian Plate ⓘ
region	Anatolia ⓘ
relatedTo	East Anatolian Fault ⓘ North Aegean Trough ⓘ
relativeMotionType	right-lateral strike-slip ⓘ
riskCategory	major seismic hazard zone ⓘ
segmentType	multi-segment fault system ⓘ
seismicity	high ⓘ
stressRegime	strike-slip dominated ⓘ
studiedBy	seismologists ⓘ tectonic geomorphologists ⓘ
tectonicProcess	westward escape of Anatolian Plate ⓘ
tectonicSetting	boundary between the Anatolian Plate and the Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sea of Marmara → locatedOn → North Anatolian Fault zone ⓘ

İzmit → locatedInSeismicZone → North Anatolian Fault zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Anatolian Fault

Asian Turkey → traversedBy → North Anatolian Fault zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Anatolian Fault

Erzincan Province → traversedBy → North Anatolian Fault zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Anatolian Fault

Anatolian Plate → boundedBy → North Anatolian Fault zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Anatolian Fault

Anatolian Plate → contains → North Anatolian Fault zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Anatolian Fault system