The earthquake in Turkey that killed more than 3,100 people and set off a series of aftershocks ruptured just over 11 miles beneath the earth’s ... Arabian and Anatolian tectonic plates meet.

Turkey is an "earthquake hot spot" because three different tectonic plates converge in the area: the Arabian, Anatolian, and African plates, writes The Washington Post.At the same time, the ...

A massive, deadly earthquake struck southern Turkey before dawn local time on Monday. The 7.8-magnitude quake has so far killed more than 21,000 people in Turkey and neighboring Syria, with ...

More than 2,000 people died and thousands more were injured following a massive earthquake that hit Gaziantep, a town in southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border early Monday morning. Additional ...