The earthquake in Turkey has magnitude of 7.8, and is estimated to have killed at least 11,000 people.
Olson cautioned that discoveries from the earthquake would not help"predict" earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault.
The quake's epicenter occurred in Turkey's southeastern province of Kahramanmaras, but shocks were felt as far away as Cairo, nearly 1,000 miles to the southeast. The earthquake was triggered by the two plates that meet at the faultline moving against each other: in this case, the Arabian plate moved northwards against the Anatolian plate.
The more powerful the earthquake, the more damage that is done to buildings and infrastructure, and the more people die. The most powerful earthquake ever to have been recorded occurred in Chile in 1960, coming in at between 9.4 and 9.6 in magnitude.
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