Major faults and the location of earthquakes since 1912 before 1988

The direction of the regional stress above varies accross the area

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The loading of a single shear rupture

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Coulomb stress change due to Ms > 6 earthquakes from 1912

The conclusions of Nalbant, Hubert and King (J.G.R. 103, 24,469-24,486, 1998) stated: "By combining the stress change map with the map of active faulting, likely locations for the occurrence of future earthquakes can be refined. Faults in the Izmit Bay area, the western part of Biga peninsula, the Saroz Gulf and a part of western Sea of Marmara must be regarded as posing a specific hazard."

Mechanics of Izmit's earthquake page:

Geoffrey King (king@ipgp.jussieu.fr)

Eric Jacques (jacques@ipgp.jussieu.fr)

Aurélia Hubert-Ferrari ferrari@princeton.edu

Frédéric Flerit (flerit@ipgp.jussieu.fr)

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Evolution of the Coulomb Criterion from 1912 to 1999

TECTONIC SETTING OF IZMIT EARTHQUAKE

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