Preface for the Focus Section on the 6 February 2023, Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, Earthquakes

Abstract

The Pazarcik and Ekinozu earthquakes in Kahramanmaras, Türkiye, with moment magnitudes M7.8 and 7.6 (U.S. Geological Survey), occurred on 6 February 2023 in southeastern Türkiye, on the East Anatolian fault zone (EAFZ), at local times of 04:17 and 13:24, respectively. The moment tensor solution indicates that both events were characterized by purely left‐lateral strike‐slip movements. The fault rupture of the first event originated on the Narli fault, located at the northern end of the Dead Sea fault zone, and extended along the Pazarcik, Erkenek, and Amanos segments of the EAFZ. Bilateral propagation occurred in the northeast and southwest directions, resulting...