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Marmara Earthquake: Preparedness and Lessons 26 Years On

On August 17, 1999, the Marmara region of Türkiye was struck by a devastating 7.4-magnitude earthquake with its epicenter in Gölcük, Kocaeli. The tremor lasted 45 seconds, claiming more than 17,000 l...

Bangkok Tragedy Sparks Urgent Call for Safer Structures

On March 28, 2025, a 30-storey government building in Bangkok collapsed following a powerful earthquake, prompting an ongoing emergency response led by rescue authorities. The affected structure, ho...

Several countries provide support as Morocco is struck by 6.8-magnitude earthquake

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco at 11.11 p.m. on Friday, September 8, with an epicenter about 72 kilometers southwest of Marrakech. Furthermore, the shallow earthquake has so far caused at...

A 6.3-magnitude aftershock hits southern Turkey two weeks after the major earthquake of magnitude 7.8: 3 people killed and hundreds injured

The earthquakes that rocked both countries on February 6 were followed by tremors of magnitudes 6.4 and 5.8 that occurred on Monday February 20 in the southeast, close to the border with Syria. The t...

At least 46,000 fatalities as a result of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria

Although the number of people who have died as a result of the powerful earthquake in Turkey and Syria has now surpassed 46,000, some survivors were still being pulled from the debris 11 days after t...

UB earthquake engineers: building collapses in the Turkey-Syria earthquake were not unexpected

A scene, shown in various videos, was taken following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tremors that devastated central Türkiye and northern Syria earlier this week and the pictures are hor...

More than 20000 fatalities after Turkey-Syria earthquake

At least 20,000 people have now died as a result of the earthquakes that struck southwest Turkey and northern Syria on Monday. This number is expected to rise as rescue workers search through the deb...

Indonesian landslide due to earthquake: rescuers focus on survivors

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia on Monday killing at least 272, more than a third of them children. On an increasingly urgent search, Indonesian rescuers narrowed their focus to a landslide...

Changes in magnetic field along fault lines preceded major earthquakes in California according to a recent case-study

Researchers have tried for decades to determine whether there is a reliable precursor that can act as an early warning before the shaking begins. The technology to predict when an earthquake will str...

Kefalonia, Greece: Magnitude 5.4 Earthquake hits the island

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit between the islands of Kefalonia and Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea on Thursday 8 September morning. The earthquake occurred a few minutes after 10:30 local time. There we...

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