Did the Feb 6 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake start on the Dead Sea Fault?

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Mar 19, 2023

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Recently some people have asked if the trigger fault of the M7.8 is part of the Dead Sea Fault zone rather than the East Anatolian Fault zone. They are concerned because of the potential for a larger earthquake on the Dead Sea Fault Zone.

*Figure from web map of Zelenin, E., Bachmanov, D., Garipova, S., Trifonov, V., Kozhurin, A. (2022). The Active Faults…*

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