Since the region is close  to the triple junction of the Dead Sea Transform, the boundary between the African and Arabian  Plates, and the East Anatolian Fault, it has been home to several earthquakes over  the last two millennia.

由于该地区靠近死海转换的三重交界处、非洲板块和阿拉伯板块之间的边界以及东安纳托利亚断层，因此在过去两千年中，它一直是多次地震的发源地。