GNGTS 2024 - Atti del 42° Convegno Nazionale

Session 1.1 GNGTS 2024 What about the predecessors of the February 2023 earthquakes in Eastern Anatolia? V. Castelli 1 , K. Sesetyan 1,2 , A.A. Gomez Capera 3 , C. Melet 4 , M. Stucchi 1 1 Isttuto Nazionale di Geofsica e Vulcanologia - Sezione di Bologna, Bologna/Ancona, Italy; 2 Bogazici University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Insttute, Dept. of Earthquake Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey; 3 Isttuto Nazionale di Geofsica e Vulcanologia - Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy; 4 Isttuto Nazionale di Geofsica e Vulcanologia - Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy. When large earthquakes occur, it is natural enough to wonder about their likely predecessors (if any). This is why, afer the earthquakes of February 2023, we began a review of the historical seismic record of Eastern Anatolia (Fig. 1). Figure 1. The 2023 seismic sequence superimposed on the major historical earthquakes of the area. Faults traces (in red) from www.seismofaults.eu/. Digital Elevaton Model from www.hawaii.edu/its/webservice/