Earthquake in Turkey — what are the risks for Crimea

The earthquake that happened in the Turkish province of Balykesir does not carry any risks for Crimea. Such an opinion RIA Novosti Crimea The director of the Institute for the theory of the forecast of earthquakes and mathematical geophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences Petr Shebalin expressed.

Crimea does not threaten absolutely nothing. No consequences in the Crimea should be expected, because the earthquake was felt quite locally at not very large distances from the epicenter— said the expert.

According to Shebalin, there is no seismic connection between Crimea and Turkey. At such large distances, earthquakes in Turkey do not directly affect the situation on the peninsula.

The only connection is that there are common tectonics and common driving forces that encounter blocks of the earth’s crust, ”the specialist explained.

Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 It happened in Turkey on August 10. The epicenter was in the province of Balykesir in the west of the country. As a result of a natural cataclysm, 16 buildings fell upon, 12 of which were abandoned structures. At the moment, one deceased is known. About 30 people were injured.

Earlier, director of the Institute of Seismology and Geodynamics of KFU named after V.I. Vernadsky Yuri Wolfman toldThe fact that up to 150 weak earthquakes are recorded in Crimea in the Crimea, which are practically not felt. At the same time, destructive seismic events take place with an interval of several centuries and predict exactly when and what strength the next underground impetus will be. A long -term forecast exists, but only probabilistic, which is based on previous observations.