A moderately strong, 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck in Turkey on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

and caused a massive change in the tectonic plates on which Turkey "sits" or is located, media reported. Tectonic plates moved 3 meters. "It's as if Turkey moved southwest," Carlo Doglioni ...

Turkey’s two main fault zones — the East Anatolian and the North Anatolian — make it one of the most seismically active regions in the world. Map showing the East Anatolian and North ...

In case of Turkey, it is located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia. The region sits on top of major fault lines and is considered the most earthquake-prone country in the world.