Duman et al. (2020) report that Event E2 in the Yeniköy Trench (T4) is constrained to between 255 and 540 CE (2σ calibrated radiocarbon age ranges), and suggest that this event may correlate with the historical earthquake of 242 CE. Ambraseys (2009) lists an earthquake in 240–241 CE in the vicinity of Aphrodisias, while Guidoboni et al. (1994) list a possible earthquake at Aphrodisias in 241 CE. Event E2 was bracketed by two radiocarbon samples. One sample from Unit C, immediately above the E2 event horizon, yielded calibrated age ranges of 255–295 CE or 320–415 CE. A second sample from Unit B3, located some distance below the E2 event horizon, yielded a calibrated age range of 395–540 CE. Because the Unit C sample lies in close stratigraphic proximity to the E2 deformation horizon, Duman et al. (2020) suggest that "it is possible that E2 correlates to the historical AD 242 event, the largest earthquake in the region during the historical period." They further report that the deformation geometry is "consistent with a strike-slip fault that has a considerable vertical component of motion."

Duman et al. (2020) also suggest that the same seismic event may be represented in other trenches with broader or less tightly constrained chronological windows. All possible correlating events identified in the Sürgü–Misis trench system are summarized in the table below:

Event	Trench Name	Trench Number	Date Range	Comments
E2	Haylazli	1	E2 is younger than 9900 BP	242 AD ?
E2	Narlioren	2	between 3rd and 7th centuries CE	possibly 242 AD event
E3	Karatepe	3	Between AD 665–765 and BC 830–790	possibly 242 AD event
E2	Yenikoy	4	Between LT AD 255–295 and LT AD 395 to 540	possibly 242 AD event
E3	Cona	7	Between AD 425–595 and BC 13,430–13,250	possibly 242 AD event

• Fig. 3 Location Map from      
  Figure 3
  
  Locations of paleoseismic trench sites on four segments of the Sürgü–Misis fault (SMF) system. Faults are simplified from Duman and Emre (2013).
  

  • Thick red and blue lines indicate north strand, which is referred to as the SMF system
  • The red lines are the western segments of the SMF system, on which we completed paleoseismological investigations at seven trench sites
  • Thick purple lines show the south strand of the East Anatolian fault zone
  • T1 to T7 numbered trench sites
  • MFS Misis fault segment
  • KFS Karataş fault segment
  • YFS Yumurtalık fault segment
  • DİFZ Düziçi–İskenderun fault zone
  • AFS Amanos fault segment
  • YEFS Yesemek fault segment
  • AFFS Afrin fault segment
  • NFZ Narlı fault zone
  • MFZ Maraş fault zone
  • EFZ Engizek fault zone
  • ÇOFS Çokak fault segment
  • SAFS Savrun fault segment
  • TFS Toprakkale fault segment
  • ÇFS Çardak fault segment
  • SFS Sürgü fault segment

  
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Figure 8

Log of the west wall of Yenikoy trench, T4, excavated on the western section of the Yumurtalık fault segment, showing stratigraphy, events, measurements of the ruptures, ¹⁴C sample locations

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