EARTHQUAKES

‘Life is over’: A newspaper’s death near Turkey earthquake epicentre

Pazarcık, Turkey — Suat Yenipınar was in his fifth-floor apartment with his grandson, when last week’s earthquake woke him up. “When the earthquake happened I grabbed him and...

6.1 magnitude earthquake hits Philippines, no tsunami warning issued

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked the central Philippines early Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, with the local seismological agency warning of aftershocks and possible...

Earthquake in Turkey exposes gap between seismic knowledge and action, but it is possible to prepare

Two days after a devastating earthquake struck, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited one of the worst affected areas and declared that it was...

Turkey earthquake: Young girl rescued after 178 hours under rubble

A young girl has been saved from the rubble of a block of flats in southern Turkey, more than a week after the devastating...

Satellites support impact assessment after Turkey–Syria earthquakes

Türkiye and Syria are reeling from one of the worst earthquakes to strike the region in almost a century. Tens of thousands of people...

Turkey quake Europe’s worst natural disaster in ‘a century’

The World Health Organization said Tuesday that last week's massive earthquake, the epicentre of which was in Turkey, constituted the "worst natural disaster" in...

Turkey earthquake death toll suggests lessons of 1999 were not learned

In 1999, more than 17,000 people were killed in an earthquake near the Turkish city of Istanbul. In the aftermath, authorities promised stricter building...

Turkey earthquake rescue continues almost 150 hours on: ‘You are a miracle’

Rescuers have pulled a seven-month-old baby from the rubble of a building in Hatay, southern Turkey, 139 hours after Monday's deadly earthquake. Elsewhere in Hatay,...

Over 34,000 dead from quake in Turkey and Syria

The death toll across Turkey and Syria following Monday’s catastrophic earthquake has reached at least 34,179 on Sunday. The death toll in Turkey has reached...

Over 25,000 dead from quake in Turkey and Syria

The death toll following deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has surpassed 25,000. In Turkey, the number of people killed has risen to 21,848, according...

New models shed light on life’s origin

The first signs of life emerged on Earth in the form of microbes about four billion years ago. While scientists are still determining exactly...

New insight into the relationship between slow slip events and the build-up and release of tectonic strain

The Japanese archipelago is actively undergoing seismic shifts due to interactions between the oceanic plate and the continental plate. At the plate boundaries located...

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