A big earthquake occurred south of Istanbul in the summer of 2016, but it was so slow that nobody noticed. The earthquake, which took place at mid-crustal depth, lasted more than fifty days. Only a novel processing technique applied to data from special borehole strainmeter instruments and developed by researchers from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, in collaboration with the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) and the UNAVCO institute from US, allowed to identify the ultra-slow quake below the Sea of Marmara. The team led by Patricia Martínez-Garzón from GFZ’s section “Geomechanics and Scientific Drilling” reports in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters. (1)
Being born.
Growing up.
Laughing.
Dying.
Crying.
Being born.
Laughing.
Crying.
Life slowly changing.
The cosmos showing emerging.
And in the midst of all…
A man.
Giving meaning to existence.
Erasing the circle on the sand.
Slowly…
Without anyone noticing.
But himself…
