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Sun, March 26, 2023 | 21:44
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WORLDWhy was the Turkey-Syria earthquake so bad?
튀르키에-시리아 지진, 피해 왜 컸나?
Posted : 2023-02-09 13:32
Updated : 2023-02-09 13:40
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This aerial view shows residents, aided by heavy equipment, searching for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings following an earthquake in the village of Besnia near the town of Harim, in Syria's rebel-held noryhwestern Idlib province on the border with Turkey, on Feb. 6. AFP-Yonhap이 항공사진에서 6일 튀르키예 국경과 가까운 시리아 반군 점령지인 이들리브주 북서부 하림 근처 베스니아 마을에서 지진이 발생한 후 무너진 건물 잔해 속에서 중장비의 도움을 받아 희생자와 생존자를 찾는 주민들이 보인다. AFP-연합
This aerial view shows residents, aided by heavy equipment, searching for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings following an earthquake in the village of Besnia near the town of Harim, in Syria's rebel-held noryhwestern Idlib province on the border with Turkey, on Feb. 6. AFP-Yonhap
이 항공사진에서 6일 튀르키예 국경과 가까운 시리아 반군 점령지인 이들리브주 북서부 하림 근처 베스니아 마을에서 지진이 발생한 후 무너진 건물 잔해 속에서 중장비의 도움을 받아 희생자와 생존자를 찾는 주민들이 보인다. AFP-연합

The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday is likely to be one of the deadliest this decade.
월요일에 튀르키예와 시리아를 강타한 규모 7.8의 지진은 지난 10년 동안 가장 치명적인 지진 중 하나가 될 가능성이 높다.


Here is what scientists said happened beneath the earth's surface and what to expect in the aftermath:
아래는 지구 표면 아래에서 무슨 일이 일어났는지, 그리고 추후 무엇을 예상해야 하는지 과학자들이 언급한 내용이다.


Where did the earthquake originate?
지진이 일어난 곳은 어디인가?


The epicenter was about 26 km east of the Turkish city of Nurdagi at a depth of about 18 km on the East Anatolian Fault. The quake radiated towards the northeast, bringing devastation to central Turkey and Syria.
진원은 튀르키예 도시 누르다기에서 동쪽으로 약 26km 떨어진 동아나톨리아 단층에서 약 18km 깊이에 있었다. 지진은 북동쪽으로 퍼져 튀르키예 중부와 시리아를 황폐화시켰다.


During the 20th century, the East Anatolian Fault yielded little major seismic activity. "If we were going simply by (major) earthquakes that were recorded by seismometers, it would look more or less blank," said Roger Musson, an honorary research associate at the British Geological Survey.
동아나톨리아 단층대는 20세기에는 주요 지진 활동을 거의 일으키지 않았다. 영국 지질조사국의 로저 머슨 명예 연구원은 "지진계에 의해 기록된 (대규모) 지진으로만 판단한다면 거의 빈 것처럼 보일 것"이라고 말했다.


Only three earthquakes have registered above 6.0 on the Richter Scale since 1970 in the area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. But in 1822, a 7.0 quake hit the region, killing an estimated 20,000 people.
미국 지질조사국에 따르면 1970년 이후 이 지역에서 리히터 규모 6.0 이상의 지진은 단 세 번만 기록되었다. 그러나 1822년 진도 7.0의 지진이 해당 지역을 강타해 약 2만명이 사망했다.


How bad was this earthquake?
지진이 얼마나 심각했는가?


On average, there are fewer than 20 quakes over 7.0 magnitude in any year, making Monday's event severe.
평균적으로 매년 규모 7.0 이상의 지진이 20회 미만으로 발생해 월요일의 지진의 심각성이 더해졌다.


Compared with the 6.2 earthquake that hit central Italy in 2016 and killed some 300 people, the Turkey-Syria earthquake released 250 times as much energy, according to Joanna Faure Walker, head of the University College London Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction.
2016년 이탈리아 중부를 강타하고 약 300명의 목숨을 앗아간 진도 6.2 지진과 비교해 튀르키예-시리아 지진은 250배나 많은 에너지를 방출했다고 조안나 포어 워커 유니버시티 칼리지 런던 위험 및 재해 감소 연구소 소장은 말했다.


Only two of the deadliest earthquakes from 2013 to 2022 were of the same magnitude as Monday's quake.
2013년부터 2022년까지 가장 치명적인 두 번의 지진만이 월요일의 지진과 같은 규모였다.


Why was it so severe?
피해가 왜 심각했는가?


The East Anatolian Fault is a strike-slip fault. (Reuters)
동아나톨리아 단층은 주향이동단층(스트라이크-슬립 단층)이다. (로이터)

KEY WORDS
■ magnitude 지진 규모
■ strike (재난 등이) 발생하다[덮치다] (struck, struck)
■ deadly 생명을 앗아가는, 치명적인
■ beneath 아래[밑]에
■ in the aftermath ~의 결과로
■ originate 비롯되다, 유래하다
■ epicenter (지진의) 진원지
■ radiate (사방으로) 퍼지다
■ yield 내다, 생산하다
■ seismic 지진의, 지진에 의한
■ register (계기가 특정한 양을) 기록하다[나타내다]
■ severe 가혹한, 혹독한
■ fault 단층

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