A white box on this graphic of a region in Turkey indicates the area dubbed the “Pütürge seismic gap” that may host another magnitude 6.8 earthquake. Researchers have observed that the plates in thegap appear locked and unruptured. The graphic also depicts the distribution of slip, or movement (blue for locked, reddish for large movement) on the East Anatolian Fault, the location of the Feb. 6, 2023 magnitude 7.8 Kahramanmaraş mainshock, the Feb. 20, 2023 magnitude 6.4 aftershocks (purple), and the 2020 magnitude…
