Türkiye lies on both the Eurasian and the African tectonic plate, which makes it a hotspot for seismic activity. One of the most serious quakes of the past years occurred in October 2020 in the city of İzmir on the Aegean Sea, in which more than 100 people died.
In November 1999, a 6.3-magnitude quake killed about 900 people in the Düzce region.
In September of the same year, a particularly strong quake with a magnitude of 7.4 claimed the lives of more than 17,100 people in the region around the industrial city of İzmit, about 130 kilometres away.
Experts also expect a strong quake for Türkiye's largest city Istanbul in the near future.
