In April 2025, the Main Marmara Fault below the Sea of Marmara in northwestern Türkiye experienced its largest earthquake in ...

Escalating activity along a fault line in the Sea of Marmara is moving closer to Istanbul, seismologists warn.

A magnitude 6.2 quake in the Sea of Marmara this April is part of a worrying pattern, say researchers, who see strain migrating towards Istanbul’s locked fault segment. How likely is a larger event?

In April 2025, the Main Marmara Fault below the Sea of Marmara in north-western Türkiye has experienced its largest earthquake in over 60 years. In a new study now published in Science, a team of ...

The ground beneath the Sea of Marmara is not just restless, it is organizing itself in a pattern that points directly toward Istanbul. A decade of seismic data now suggests that ruptures along the ...

Worse still, in our concrete-covered cities, this water, unable to seep into the ground, turns our streets into raging rivers ...