The 2000 Turkmenistan earthquake took place at 8:11 p.m. Moscow Time on December 6 and had a magnitude of 7.0.[4] The intensity of the earthquake reached VII at its epicenter, and IV at the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat.[3] The epicentre was located approximately 25 kilometers north of the city of Balkanabat and 125 kilometres southeast of Türkmenbaşy. There were unconfirmed reports that the quake killed up to 11 people and injured 5 others.[5]
Turkmenistan lies at the northern edge of the zone of complex tectonics caused by the continuing collision between the Arabian Plate and the Eurasian Plate. The main structure in the Caspian Sea is the Apsheron Sill, a zone of active subduction. The trend of the Apsheron sill is quite oblique to the overall plate motion and this results in significant amounts of right lateral strike-slip along this structure in an overall transpressional setting. Onshore, the motion along the Apsheron sill is transferred to the Ashgabat Fault, another right lateral strike-slip fault, across a large restraining bend.[6]
Earthquake
The focal mechanism for this event indicates that it was the result of oblique reverse faulting on one of two possible faults, either northwest–southeast or west–east trending.[3]
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^Van Dijk, J.; Ajayi, A.T.; Eid, T.; Eldali, M.; Ellen, H.; Guney, H.; Hashem, M.; Knispel, R.; Rouis, L.; Santoni, S. (2018). "An integrated Geological Model for the Greater Cheleken Area, Central Caspian Basin, Turkmenistan; Complez Synsedimentary Transcurrent Faulting and compartmentalization in Plio-Pleistocene Calstic Reservoirs". Society of Petroleum Engineers. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
2000, turkmenistan, earthquake, took, place, moscow, time, december, magnitude, intensity, earthquake, reached, epicenter, turkmen, capital, ashgabat, epicentre, located, approximately, kilometers, north, city, balkanabat, kilometres, southeast, türkmenbaşy, t. The 2000 Turkmenistan earthquake took place at 8 11 p m Moscow Time on December 6 and had a magnitude of 7 0 4 The intensity of the earthquake reached VII at its epicenter and IV at the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat 3 The epicentre was located approximately 25 kilometers north of the city of Balkanabat and 125 kilometres southeast of Turkmenbasy There were unconfirmed reports that the quake killed up to 11 people and injured 5 others 5 2000 Turkmenistan earthquakeUTC time2000 12 06 17 11 08ISC event1742774USGS ANSSComCatLocal dateDecember 6 2000 2000 12 06 Local time22 11 08Magnitude7 0 Mw 1 Depth30 km 19 mi 1 Epicenter39 29 N 54 49 E 39 48 N 54 82 E 39 48 54 82 Coordinates 39 29 N 54 49 E 39 48 N 54 82 E 39 48 54 82 1 TypeOblique slip 2 Areas affectedTurkmenistanMax intensityVII Very strong 3 Casualties11 dead Contents 1 Tectonic setting 2 Earthquake 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksTectonic setting EditTurkmenistan lies at the northern edge of the zone of complex tectonics caused by the continuing collision between the Arabian Plate and the Eurasian Plate The main structure in the Caspian Sea is the Apsheron Sill a zone of active subduction The trend of the Apsheron sill is quite oblique to the overall plate motion and this results in significant amounts of right lateral strike slip along this structure in an overall transpressional setting Onshore the motion along the Apsheron sill is transferred to the Ashgabat Fault another right lateral strike slip fault across a large restraining bend 6 Earthquake EditThe focal mechanism for this event indicates that it was the result of oblique reverse faulting on one of two possible faults either northwest southeast or west east trending 3 See also EditList of earthquakes in 2000References Edit a b c ISC 2015 ISC GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue 1900 2009 Version 2 0 International Seismological Centre USGS September 4 2009 PAGER CAT Earthquake Catalog Version 2008 06 1 United States Geological Survey a b c ANSS Turkmenistan 2000 M 7 0 Turkmenistan Comprehensive Catalog U S Geological Survey Retrieved 4 April 2020 Significant Earthquakes of the World 2000 USGS Archived from the original on 1 September 2010 Retrieved 13 September 2010 Turkmenistan Earthquake Causes Heavy Damage Retrieved 13 September 2010 Van Dijk J Ajayi A T Eid T Eldali M Ellen H Guney H Hashem M Knispel R Rouis L Santoni S 2018 An integrated Geological Model for the Greater Cheleken Area Central Caspian Basin Turkmenistan Complez Synsedimentary Transcurrent Faulting and compartmentalization in Plio Pleistocene Calstic Reservoirs Society of Petroleum Engineers Retrieved 4 April 2020 External links EditStrong Earthquake Hits Turkmenistan People s Daily The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and or authoritative data for this event This Turkmenistan related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about an earthquake in Asia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2000 Turkmenistan earthquake amp oldid 1124237293, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
