EARTHQUAKES

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...

Turkey-Syria earthquake: New-born and mother saved after four days in rubble

A new-born baby and his mother have been rescued from rubble in Turkey, around 90 hours after the first of Monday's deadly earthquakes. The 10-day-old...

Turkey-Syria earthquakes: Why was there so much destruction?

Turkey and Syria are reeling from the worst earthquakes to strike the region in almost a century. The initial 7.8-magnitude tremor in southeastern Turkey...

‘Antakya is finished’: Earthquake leaves thousands homeless in Turkey

The Turkish town of Antakya is one of the worst affected cities hit by Monday's earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. Rescue workers and firefighters...

Geological impact of Turkey-Syria earthquake slowly comes into focus

More than 17,000 people are now known to have died after the huge earthquake in Turkey and Syria and the focus right now is...

Seismologist explains why California will inevitably shake like Turkey

The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that killed—by current count—more than 20,000 people in Turkey and Syria on Sunday was produced by the same type of...

Back-to-back mega-quakes devastated Turkey. California faces similar aftershock threat

The mega-quakes in Turkey this week showcase how a magnitude 7.8 quake could trigger a magnitude 7.5 aftershock on a different fault, with 60...

Turkey-Syria earthquakes: Shallow depth of main shocks is a key reason why they’ve been so devastating, says geologist

The earthquakes that struck in Turkey and Syria in the early hours of February 6 have led to terrible destruction on a scale not...

How did a seismologist predict the Turkey earthquake 3 days earlier?

A Dutch expert published a tweet on his Twitter account three days before the earthquake in Turkey on Monday, predicting that a powerful earthquake...

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