GaradFeb 12, 2023
Ariaa  ✅
This is how much the tectonic plates shifted during the Turkey earthquake, the entire road moved. This photo was taken by Prof. Hasan Sozbilir leader of the ATAG research group currently mapping the surface ruptures. #TurkeySyriaEarthquake #TectonicPlates
Feb 9, 2023 at 12:30pmWeb
Show threadGary E. WalkerFeb 9, 2023
@AriaaJaeger this is the best illustration. When the much smaller quake reached the DC metro in 2011, the only way I could describe it was as being like the world dropped by around eight inches (~20cm) all at once. This is a lot more.
Show threadKanaMaunaFeb 9, 2023
@AriaaJaeger Wow. Imagine if your house was sitting on top of that.
Show threadCleanair AvatarFeb 9, 2023
@AriaaJaeger From the photo it looks like about three meters.
Show threadOtownKimFeb 9, 2023
@AriaaJaeger Wow!!! Mother Nature is in charge!
Show threadAndrew LeaheyFeb 9, 2023
@AriaaJaeger Impressive the wires stayed up.
Show threadRusscamPhotoFeb 13, 2023
@andrew @AriaaJaeger I noticed that too. The droopy “hang” in the power lines you usually see probably got tightened up a bit and kept them from snapping.
Show threadArtemisFeb 9, 2023

@AriaaJaeger https://imgur.com/gallery/5gewXfa

Here's another excellent image showing the before and after movement.

Clearly visible fault rupture from the Turkey earthquake near Nurdagi. 3-4m of horizontal displacement.

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Show threadFnargoyFeb 9, 2023
@AriaaJaeger When did this shift happen? That grass growing towards the street's broken edge suggests last year or even older?
Show threadAdvanced Persistent TeapotFeb 10, 2023
@Fnargoy @AriaaJaeger a couple of days. Recently enough that even if it had been uprooted it would still be green.
Show threadRussell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦🍉Feb 9, 2023
@AriaaJaeger Wow! What a great example!
Show threadArnan de GansFeb 9, 2023
@AriaaJaeger I doubt the farmer already plowed over the crack… where is the road rubble? Why did grass already cover the ‘crack’ on the road side? Why is there no loose or upturned earth in the road gap? so no.
Show threadNathan Wrigley Feb 10, 2023
@arnandegans @AriaaJaeger I have no reason to believe that a farmer would not be able to plough the field anytime they wish. I see that the grass is 'split' at the side of the road, which is what I'd expect to see. I think that it's quite likely that a few days in people using the road would wish to remove any debris that might damage their cars from the road, it's what I'd do. I don't understand the need to be skeptical about this image. Clearly there was a huge earthquake, right?
Show threadArnan de GansFeb 10, 2023
@nathan @AriaaJaeger drive in the Philippines and mexico for a few weeks and you'll see a hundred of such 'broken' bits everywhere you go because roads are just bad everywhere... So yes I'm sceptical.
Show threadNathan Wrigley Feb 10, 2023
@arnandegans @AriaaJaeger Okay, but that does not preclude this from being authentic. Does the fact that you've seen this elsewhere mean that there's not tectonic activity in those parts of the world? In fact both of the places that you mention have quite active plate tectonics. Your certainty is what I'm questioning.
Show threadArnan de GansFeb 10, 2023
@nathan @AriaaJaeger that's not what I'm saying at all, ofcourse tectonic movement and such exists... But whatever man, clearly being a bit critical in today's world is not accepted anymore unless to blabber along with the herd... I'm not like that, I don't blindly believe any low res image or news item with no source or anything useful other than the posters word as real. But you do you.
Show threadNathan Wrigley Feb 10, 2023
@arnandegans @AriaaJaeger okay.
Show threadRosemarie and Owen KellyFeb 9, 2023
@AriaaJaeger 😱
Show threadStu Duerson, machina exo deusFeb 9, 2023

@AriaaJaeger
The Anatolian faults, at the juncture of 3 tectonic plates, seem to rip in a major fashion about every half century.

Perhaps Turkey is not a country to build a high rise in.

The 60-70's had two major quakes, each killing thousands. This one included Incirlik Air Base (Adana), one of our stops in USAF air-evac.

Show threadstevenrayFeb 9, 2023
@AriaaJaeger wow.
Show threadThe Big Data ClusterFeb 9, 2023
@AriaaJaeger Always humbling to see how much of the #CriticalZone is affected by Earth's #seismic systems.
Show threadAndy Marfia 📸Feb 9, 2023
@AriaaJaeger Thanks for sharing and also correctly identifying the photographer and research team.
Show threadMilesTougeauxFeb 9, 2023
@AriaaJaeger Hmmmm... looks a little clean and older than a week given the unaffected grass and plowing lines. At least compared to this:
Show threadasekingFeb 9, 2023

@AriaaJaeger

Woah. 😦

Show threadScott HuffFeb 9, 2023
@AriaaJaeger I've seen similar shifts in California when I lived there. The Sylmar quake of 71 I believe it was comes to mind.
Show threadFull BucketFeb 9, 2023
@AriaaJaeger what a horrible disaster :-(
Show threadArchCamCamFeb 9, 2023
@AriaaJaeger wow! That is actually pretty scary
Show threadsonja dolinsekFeb 9, 2023
@AriaaJaeger do you have a link to where they post pictures?
Show threadTim OdendahlFeb 12, 2023
@sonjdol @AriaaJaeger I second that request!
Show threadAriaa  ✅Feb 12, 2023
@sonjdol Just google it there are tons of images, videos and articles on this massive shift.
Show threadsonja dolinsekFeb 13, 2023
@AriaaJaeger I mostly see pictures of rubble when I google that
Show threadberndandewegFeb 9, 2023
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Show threadRaymondFeb 9, 2023
@AriaaJaeger I heard on @BBCWorld that the shift was about 4 meters. That’s even more than what I gather from this photograph
Show threadJaneETowleFeb 10, 2023
@AriaaJaeger looks like it shifted 12 feet aka I’m guessing 4 meters
Show threadCherryCFeb 10, 2023
@AriaaJaeger Wow!!!
Show thread@[email protected]Feb 10, 2023
@AriaaJaeger wow
Show threadSebastian TobieFeb 10, 2023
@AriaaJaeger that looks like a 2 m shift
Show threadNoel KellyFeb 10, 2023

@AriaaJaeger

Wow... and the power line stayed up.

Show threadDan HooverFeb 10, 2023
@AriaaJaeger This image is a stunning representation of the amount of ground movement! The world is just beginning to grasp the cost in lives, let alone to count the destruction of infrastructure.
Show threadNathan Wrigley Feb 10, 2023
@AriaaJaeger Good grief, that photo sums up more than 100,000 words.
Show threadJana TureckáFeb 10, 2023
@AriaaJaeger
Dnes jsem dostala od jednoho známého z Turecka toto video - je to tak strašné, naštěstí jeho rodina je v pořádku: https://www.facebook.com/VanBuyuksehir65100/posts/pfbid0RnJZu9otcRcWoCrvxehsqz2BMtsXBAvJRkfPapYArPTVdA5JEn24w7bWF3HHvKRvl
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Show threadBuster McNuttFeb 10, 2023

@AriaaJaeger

The energy required to do that.

Show threadEinfach Nein Feb 12, 2023

@AriaaJaeger

It now looks like a bike path in Germany.

Fascinating is how the shift shows itself so on spot. And it will require some serious updates in historicised Geo databases, this even looks like land as property will require updates.

Show threadJonathan WrightFeb 12, 2023

@AriaaJaeger

Now that's worth capturing.

Show threadGray_Wolf_WriterFeb 12, 2023
@AriaaJaeger I seen similar in California, but not nearly that shifted, maybe 2 or 3 inches.
Show threadAriaa  ✅Feb 12, 2023
@Gray_Wolf_Writer I was there during Northridge, predicted it 6 days before and called Cal Tech to document. The Santa Clarita mtns rose 24 inch during that quake.
Show threadGray_Wolf_WriterFeb 14, 2023
@AriaaJaeger Woe! Must have been exciting and scary. I've been through several, but nothing bigger than a 4.9... I think is was the Pasadena 1988.
Show threadAlchemistFeb 12, 2023
@AriaaJaeger A lifetime of plate movement in a few seconds.
Show threadAndy WenkFeb 12, 2023
@AriaaJaeger don‘t get me wrong. But why is the soil on the left side near the movement not whirled together but very accurate ? This looks like fake …
Show threadAriaa  ✅Feb 12, 2023
@andywenk Just google it. I'm not a geologist. But there are videos, ariel shots and articles about this for crying outloud.
Show threadSun RaysFeb 12, 2023
Not fake, just older. This shift has probably been going on for many thousands or millions of years. There is grass established on the supposedly freshly exposed road base.
Show threadGiselle's very old accountFeb 12, 2023

@AriaaJaeger
Oh shit.

What has that done to the built up areas. Doesn't bear thinking about.

Show threadSun RaysFeb 12, 2023
This looks like a much older shift, maybe from 1999? The furrows in the field are neatly plowed around the shift, and there is grass growing on what should be newly exposed road base.
Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Apr 2, 2023

@AriaaJaeger

Wow:

https://masto.ai/@AriaaJaeger/109834787457118941

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Attached: 1 image This is how much the tectonic plates shifted during the Turkey earthquake, the entire road moved. This photo was taken by Prof. Hasan Sozbilir leader of the ATAG research group currently mapping the surface ruptures. #TurkeySyriaEarthquake #TectonicPlates

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