Expert comment: Professor Walker on the Türkiye/Syria earthquake disaster

Published on February 20, 2023

Professor Richard Walker (Department of Earth Sciences) describes the background to the 6 February 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake sequence which has caused widespread destruction both in Türkiye and Syria.

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