KABUL, Oct 8 (Reuters) – More than 2,400 people were killed in earthquakes in Afghanistan, the Taliban administration said on Sunday, in the deadliest tremors to rock the quake-prone mountainous country in years. The Saturday quakes in the west of the country
Residents describe digging the dead from rubble Death toll edges higher to 2,122 Damage to Morocco’s cultural heritage becoming apparent MOULAY BRAHIM, Morocco, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Survivors of Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more than six decades struggled to find
View of a damaged car and debris from the earthquake in Marrakech, Morocco September 9, 2023 in this screen grab taken from a video. Al Oula TV/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing Rights RABAT, Sept 9 (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck
Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements suggest hours-long precursors to many large earthquakes RELATED RESEARCH ARTICLE The precursory phase of large earthquakes BY QUENTIN BLETERY, JEAN-MATHIEU NOCQUET Tsunami waves hit the coast in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, after a powerful earthquake under
General view of city after earthquake on February 20, 2023 in Hatay, Türkiye. The death toll from a catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria has topped 46,000, with search and rescue teams starting to wind down their work. (Photo
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hugs a survivor in quake-stricken Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey, on February 8, 2023. © Turkish Presidency via AP Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared last week’s earthquake the deadliest catastrophe since the country’s inception a century
Damaged buildings in the aftermath of the earthquakes in Syria’s rebel-held town of Harem on February 13, 2023. © Mahmoud Hassano, Reuters A UN convoy comprised of 11 trucks entered rebel-held territory in northwest Syria from Turkey via the newly-opened Bab
Death toll 35,418 in Turkey, more than 5,800 in Syria Rescue phase ‘coming to a close’, says U.N. in Syria Syria’s Assad agrees to more border crossings for aid Post traumatic stress cases rising, doctors say ANTAKYA, Turkey, Feb 14
The devastated north-western rebel-held areas of Syria remain virtually cut off Syria’s government has agreed to open two more border crossings to allow aid into the country devastated by last week’s deadly earthquake, the UN says. “It’s going to make
Trucks loaded with UN humanitarian aid for Syria following a devastating earthquake reach the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, Idlib province, Syria, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. © Ghaith Alsayed, AP The death toll from the catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey