| 1 | The dam was built 500 meters from the earthquake's fault line. | |
| 2 | The damage would be compounded if both faults slipped simultaneously, the paper said. | |
| 3 | Turkey lies in one of the world's most active seismic zones and is crossed by numerous fault lines. | |
| 4 | There is no technology to plug volcanoes which pierce the earth' s crust, or to bind the faults which cause earthquakes. | |
| 5 | The authors noted "we shall not consider the possibility of a large differential movement occurring in a fault transversing the dam foundation. |