More than 3,500 people are dead and at least 10,000 are injured in Turkey and northern Syria after a massive earthquake hit the region on Feb. 6. Ahead of President Joe Biden’s second State of the Union address, a new poll shows that a majority of Democrats say Biden shouldn’t run again for president. BlackOps […]
Over 2,600 people are dead after two powerful earthquakes hit southern Turkey and northern Syria. The NHS’s biggest-ever strike sees tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff take industrial action Monday. Tiny plastic particles are found nearly everywhere. But the ocean is seeing far more microplastic pollution than previously thought.
Southern Turkey was shaken by a second powerful earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale at 1:24 p.m. local time on Feb. 6. According to Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), the earthquake’s epicenter was in the Elbistan district of southern Kahramanmaras Province at a depth of 4.3 miles. “We had a second earthquake […]
A massive earthquake hit Turkey and parts of Syria, with over 1,300 killed and more than 6,000 injured. The death toll is expected to rise as authorities search for survivors. A Chinese spy balloon was shot down over the weekend. Briefings are scheduled for U.S. senators and the “Gang of Eight.” And former President Donald […]
ADANA, Turkey—A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and neighboring Syria on Monday, killing more than 3,400 people and injuring thousands more as it toppled thousands of buildings and trapped residents under mounds of rubble. Authorities feared the death toll would keep climbing as rescuers searched through tangles of metal and concrete […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—A 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck south of the Dominican Republic early Wednesday morning, jolting people from their beds. The quake occurred in waters southwest of the capital of Santo Domingo at a depth of 28 miles (45 kilometers), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. No immediate damage was reported. Dominican geologist Osiris […]
DUBAI—An earthquake with a magnitude of up to 5.9 struck the Turkey-Iran border region on Saturday, destroying houses in a main provincial city in Iran, Iranian media and the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported. “The amount of destruction of some houses and buildings in the city of Khoy city is relatively high,” Iranian emergency […]
MALIBU, Calif.—A light earthquake centered offshore gave Southern California an early morning wake-up call Wednesday, but there were no reports of damage. The 4.2-magnitude quake struck at 2:03 a.m. and was centered beneath the ocean 10.6 miles (17 kilometers) south of Malibu, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The USGS citizen reporting website showed it was […]
KATHMANDU—At least one person died and more than two dozen houses were damaged in a remote Nepalese district after an earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck the Himalayan nation on Tuesday, officials said, as tremors were felt as far as India’s capital New Delhi. Military and police teams have been rushed to the affected area in […]
JAKARTA—A magnitude 7 earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island on Wednesday, prompting panicked residents in some towns nearest to the epicenter to flee buildings and with the tremor felt in the neighboring Philippines. Indonesia’s geophysics agency said, however, there was no risk of a tsunami, and the U.S.–based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in a bulletin […]
