I was following the events of smaller earthquakes happening in Turkey yesterday evening, went to bed, and woke up to my house shaking in the greater Buffalo area. Then not even a few hours later here of another massive earthquake in Syria.
Now I know The United States Geological Survey has stated that there is no correlation and, obviously, coincidence is very possible…but I can’t **shake** this feeling that the two could be related. Can anybody explain why they *are not* related? Thanks!
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The earthquake in Turkey was on the East Anatolian fault, which is a strike-slip fault zone between the Arabian and Anatolian plates. Basically the two plates are sliding past each other, which causes earthquakes. The Buffalo quake was on the Clarendon-Linden fault system. This fault system is in western New York State, and is in the middle of the North American plate. There is no direct, physical connection between the two fault systems, and no direct, physical connection between the North American plate or the plates involved in the Turkey quake.
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