Turkey is three meters closer to Greece after a devastating earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7, which occurred on the morning of Monday, February 6, killed thousands of people and destroyed a huge number of houses and buildings, the Greek press writes.

Greek seismologist Gerasimos Papadopoulos reported that the seismic wave pushed Turkey three meters into the Aegean Sea.

“The Arabian plate is pushing the Anatolian plate, and the Anatolian plate is geographically occupied by Turkey. Along the contact line of the two plates, where the fault is located, a shift occurred, namely the shift of the Anatolian plate. That is, Turkey was pushed west, towards the Aegean Sea, and moved by approximately 3 meters,” the seismologist explained.

He also said that the possibility of activation of the North Anatolian Fault after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake is not excluded. “The movement of tectonic plates is continuous. This movement caused a rupture on the fault and an earthquake. And precisely because we have this displacement, it is possible that pressures, trends, as we say, are also transmitted in the North Anatolian Fault. There is such a possibility because the phenomena are complex, they do not follow strict rules,” said seismologist Gerasimos Papadopoulos.