Turkey-Syria quake 'could have moved earth three meters'

The deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday could have “moved” the earth three meters, an expert claims.

President of the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology Carlo Doglioni told Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera that the earthquake moved the Arabian plate 3 meters along the northeast-southwest direction relative to the Anatolian plate.

“We are talking about continuous movement,” Doglioni said, noting that the plane of the fault is “very inclined” and during an earthquake, a horizontal displacement of the two sides of the fault is observed.

“In other words: it is as if Turkey had moved in relation to the Arabian plate to the southwest,” the expert said.