The 6 February 2023 Earthquakes in Southern Türkiye: When Geoscience Meets Public Concern

Editorial| February 29, 2024 Early Publication The 6 February 2023 Earthquakes in Southern Türkiye: When Geoscience Meets Public Concern Tony S. Nemer Tony S. Nemer * 1Department of Geology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon *Corresponding author: tn01@aub.edu.lb Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Tony S. Nemer * 1Department of Geology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon *Corresponding author: tn01@aub.edu.lb Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 29 Feb 2024 Online ISSN: 1938-2057 Print ISSN: 0895-0695 © Seismological Society of America Seismological Research Letters (2024) https://doi.org/10.1785/0220240002 Article history First Online: 29 Feb 2024 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Tony S. Nemer; The 6 February 2023 Earthquakes in Southern Türkiye: When Geoscience Meets Public Concern. Seismological Research Letters 2024; doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220240002 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search The destructive earthquakes of 6 February 2023 in southern Türkiye led not only to devastation in the affected areas in Türkiye and Syria, but also to a lot of concern in the geoscience community and anxiety to the people of the affected areas and the eastern Mediterranean countries (e.g., Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel‐Palestine, Jordan, and others). The first earthquake (⁠Mw 7.8) that took place at dawn was felt by millions of people more than 1000 km away from the epicenter, to be followed about 9 hr later by another large magnitude earthquake (⁠Mw 7.6) in... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.