Editing Earthquake (section)

==== Supershear earthquakes ====
[[File:Kahramanmaraş after 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Türkiye 5.jpg|250px|thumb|right|The [[2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes]] ruptured along segments of the [[East Anatolian Fault]] at supershear speeds; more than 50,000 people died in both countries.<ref name="MelgarEtAl23">{{cite journal |last1=Melgar |first1=Diego |last2=Taymaz |first2=Tuncay |last3=Ganas |first3=Athanassios |last4=Crowell |first4=Brendan |last5=Öcalan |first5=Taylan |last6=Kahraman |first6=Metin |last7=Tsironi |first7=Varvara |last8=Yolsal-Çevikbilen |first8=Seda |last9=Valkaniotis |first9=Sotiris |last10=Irmak |first10=Tahir Serkan |last11=Eken |first11=Tuna |last12=Erman |first12=Ceyhun |last13=Özkan |first13=Berkan |last14=Dogan |first14=Ali Hasan |last15=Altuntaş |first15=Cemali |title=Sub- and super-shear ruptures during the 2023 Mw 7.8 and Mw 7.6 earthquake doublet in SE Türkiye |journal=Seismica |year=2023 |volume=2 |issue=3 |page=387 |doi=10.26443/seismica.v2i3.387|s2cid=257520761 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2023Seism...2..387M }}</ref>]]
[[Supershear earthquake]] ruptures are known to have propagated at speeds greater than the S wave velocity. These have so far all been observed during large strike-slip events. The unusually wide zone of damage caused by the [[2001 Kunlun earthquake]] has been attributed to the effects of the [[sonic boom]] developed in such earthquakes.