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  1. In 1999 the North Anatolian Fault (NAF), Turkey, broke during two destructive #earthquakes east of Istanbul (Mw7.4 Izmit and Mw7.2 Düzce earthquakes respectively on 17 Aug and 12 Nov).

    Today's Mw6.1 #earthquake happened just east of Düzce with a faulting mechanism very similar to the 12 Nov 1999 event (strike-slip with small normal component). Its epicenter is located little to the north of the main NAF fault trace.

    Map with MT and source function from #IPGP #Geoscope geoscope.ipgp.fr/index.php/fr/

    Other map shows in red the fault broken by the two 1999 events (purple and red stars locate epicenters, yellow circles show aftershocks). From C ̧akir et al. GJI 2003 doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-246X.20.