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Earthquake analysis results at the Iraq‐Iran border
Author(s) -
Khekan Ahlam Rashid
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
acta geologica sinica ‐ english edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1755-6724
pISSN - 1000-9515
DOI - 10.1111/1755-6724.14070
Subject(s) - christian ministry , beijing , citation , library science , china , history , computer science , political science , law , archaeology
Recently, many earthquakes hit northern Iraq. More than 600 earthquakes in the northeast of the country were reported by the Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology. The rocky nature of the IraqIran and the Iraq-Turkish borders caused Iraq to be situated within seismic activity zones. The Arab plate is thinner compared to the Iran plate. Therefore, earthquakes are more effective and have a noticeable effect to states that are situated to the north and northeast of Iraq. The tectonic plate moves toward the Iranian and Turkish plate which makes the north and northeast of the plate experience many earthquakes.