Hazar Shtat
Jordanian Visiting Professor at Latakia University, Syria
Publications
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Review Article
The Impact of Seismic Activity for one Tectonic Plate on Another Plate (The Syrian city: Jableh, an Example)
Author(s): Hazar Shtat*
The Gaziantep and Kahramanmara�? earthquakes, which occurred at the southwestern edge of the Anatolian Plate (Panda Plate), were a major shock and surprise to the Syrian city of Jableh, located on the northeastern side of the African Plate. Although the city lies on a different tectonic plate and is approximately 250 kilometers away from the epicenters of the two earthquakes, the damage in Jableh exceeded that in cities closer to the epicenters, such as Latakia and the Cypriot Arc. In this article, we attempt to provide a kinematic understanding of the impact of large earthquakes on points of contact between two different plates. Overall, both earthquakes had severe consequences along the shock wavelength [1]. The first occurred at 4:17 a.m. local time on February 6, 2023, with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale. Its epicenter was located west of the city of Gaziantep.. Read More»