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February 07, 2023
Guterres says prospects for Ukraine peace keep diminishing
ISTANBUL — More than 4,300 people have died and rescuers are racing to pull survivors from beneath the rubble after a devastating earthquake ripped through Turkey and Syria, leaving destruction and debris on each side of the border.One of the strongest earthquakes to hit the region in a century shook residents from their beds at around 4 a.m. on Monday, sending tremors as far away as Lebanon and Israel.In Turkey, at least 2,921 people were killed and more than 15,800 others injured, according to Turkey’s head of disaster services, Yunus Sezer.In neighboring Syria, at least 1,451 people have died. According to the Syrian state news agency SANA, 711 people have died across government-controlled areas, mostly in the regions of Aleppo, Hama, Latakia, and Tartus.The “White Helmets”...
February 07, 2023
Death toll mounts in Turkey and Syria after powerful quake
February 07, 2023
Turkey quake: Heavy rain hampers rescue efforts
February 06, 2023
Zelensky tipped to visit Brussels this week for EU leaders’ summit
ANKARA — More than 2,000 people have been killed and thousands injured by a huge earthquake which struck southeastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, in the early hours of Monday morning.The earthquake, which hit near the town of Gaziantep, was closely followed by numerous aftershocks — including one which was almost as large as the earthquake itself.It was a big earthquake — registered as 7.8, classified as “major” on the official magnitude scale. It broke along about 100km (62 miles) of fault line, causing serious damage to buildings near the fault.Prof Joanna Faure Walker, head of the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction at University College London, said: “Of the deadliest earthquakes in any given year, only two in the last 10 years have been of equivalent magnitude,...
February 06, 2023
Turkey earthquake: Where did it hit and why was it so deadly?
LONDON — Scientists, meanwhile, said that the earthquake has occurred around a region of instability called the East Anatolian fault, which runs southwest to northwest of the southeastern border of Turkey.Seismologists have long recognized that this fault is very dangerous, though there has not been any significant activity for more than 100 years, but it has been responsible for very damaging earthquakes in the past.In particular, on Aug. 13, 1882, when it caused an earthquake registering 7.4 in magnitude, significantly less than the 7.8 magnitude recorded today.Even so, that 19th century earthquake resulted in immense damage to towns in the area, with 7,000 deaths recorded on the city of Aleppo. Damaging aftershocks continued for nearly a year.The Anatolian plate is divided into three...
February 06, 2023
Dormant fault line was devastating in the past
February 06, 2023
Second quake of 7.5 magnitude shakes Turkey
February 06, 2023
Over a dozen EU countries offer search and rescue teams to Turkey
February 06, 2023
Death toll from powerful earthquake surpasses 1,200 across Turkey and Syria
February 06, 2023
Ancient castle used by Romans and Byzantines destroyed in Turkey earthquake
