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Several dead in Turkey after earthquake hits Iran border area
Aljazeera   23 February 2020   Turkey   Van province  
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<p>At least eight people have been killed and 21 others injured in Turkey's Van province following an earthquake early Sunday, the country's interior minister has said.<br />Three of those killed were children, according to Suleyman Soylu, adding that some ...
5 of the most devastating earthquakes in US history
Fox News   21 February 2020   USA  
In terms of fatalities, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake was the most devastating in the U.S. (earthquake.usgs.gov)
<p>In 2019, California was rocked by back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.1 and 6.4, respectively. The quakes brought renewed attention to the state’s vulnerability given its boundaries around the San Andreas fault line.<br>The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ...
Turkey earthquake: At least 21 dead as buildings collapse
BBC NEWS   25 January 2020   Turkey   Elazig province  
The quake caused buildings to collapse
<p>At least 21 people have been killed and more than 1,000 injured in a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey.<br />The 6.8 magnitude quake, centred on the town of Sivrice in Elazig province, caused buildings to collapse and sent residents rushing into the ...
Albania earthquake: Fresh tremors as rescue effort intensifies
BBC NEWS   27 November 2019   Albania   Tirana  
Firefighters extracted this injured man from the rubble in Thumane
<p>Rescuers are scrambling to find survivors under the rubble of buildings in Albania, where a strong earthquake has killed 26 people and injured 650.<br />The magnitude-6.4 tremor struck 34km (21 miles) north-west of the capital, Tirana, as people slept in ...
Albania earthquake: at least nine dead and hundreds injured
The Guardian   26 November 2019   Albania   Tirana  
A damaged building in Thumanë. Photograph: Florion Goga/Reuters
<p>At least nine people have died and 600 people have been injured after a powerful earthquake hit Albania in the early hours of Tuesday, causing damage along the country&rsquo;s Adriatic coastline and in the capital, Tirana. Several buildings collapsed, burying ...
Dramatic images show impact of deadly earthquakes in Philippines
CNN   01 November 2019   Philippines  
A damaged building after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Kidapawan town, north Cotabato province, on the southern island of Mindanao on October 31, 2019
<p>(CNN) At least 14 people have died after a series of earthquakes rattled the southern Philippines.<br />A 6.5 magnitude quake struck on Thursday morning, local time, in the Tulunan area of Cotabato province on the southern island of Mindanao. That jolt ...
Deadly Earthquake Strikes Southern Philippine Island
The New York Times   29 October 2019   Philippines   Mindanao  
Cerilo Ebrano/EPA, via Shutterstock
<p>MANILA &mdash; A magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Tuesday, sending people fleeing from their homes in panic, causing structural damage to buildings and killing at least three people.<br />The quake struck about ...
Pakistan earthquake leaves 19 dead and 300 injured in Kashmir region
The Guardian   25 September 2019   Pakistan   Kashmir  
Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images
<p>At least 19 people have been killed and 300 injured after a shallow earthquake struck north-eastern Pakistan, tearing car-sized cracks into roads and heavily damaging infrastructure.<br />The quake sent people in Lahore and Islamabad running into the streets. ...
Series of aftershocks hit Indonesia after earthquake kills two
Aljazeera   15 July 2019   Indonesia   Moluccas islands  
Antara Foto/ Reuters
<p>Indonesia's Moluccas islands have been hit by a series of aftershocks after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake killed at least two people, prompting hundreds of people to flee their homes.<br />The United States Geological Survey said Sunday's quake was centred ...
Philippines 6.1-magnitude earthquake leaves 11 dead, 30 feared trapped
CNN Philippines   23 April 2019   Philippines   Samar island  
Workers carry an employee to an ambulance after she became dizzy when the earthquake hit Manila.
<p>CNN-A second major quake has rattled the Philippines after an earlier 6.1-magnitude earthquake that left 11 people dead and 30 still feared trapped in the rubble.<br />The magnitude 6.3 earthquake with a depth of 53.6 miles (83.3km) was registered on the ...