Scientists say Monday’s deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria looks similar to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake that sparked fires and levelled much of the city.
“The geographic settings are fairly different, but the tectonic setting is quite similar,” United States Geological Survey earthquake geologist Austin Elliott said.
But there is one major difference between the Bay Area and Turkey.
“Advances in our building codes over the century will generally keep a lot of people safer than they would be otherwise,” Elliott said.
Monday’s 7.8 magnitude quake struck at about 4 a.m. local time. There have been hundreds of aftershocks, including a magnitude 7.5 temblor.
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