Strong destructive #earthquake in SE Turkey / N Syria, magnitude Mw~7.8.

Mechanism compatible with left-lateral strike-slip on the southern part of East Anatolian Fault system. Aftershock zone extends for ~250km along that fault system. Complex source time function may suggest rupture on several fault branches. The left-lateral East Anatolian Fault system bounds the Anatolian tectonic microplate to the east.

Sources of maps:
• http://geoscope.ipgp.fr/index.php/en/catalog/earthquake-description?seis=us6000jllz
• https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=1218444#summary
• http://www.koeri.boun.edu.tr/new/en