#Earthquake

One person was killed on Sunday when an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck northwestern Turkey’s Balikesir province, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said, adding 29 people were wounded and 16 buildings collapsed. The ...

A nuclear submarine base in Russia’s remote Far East region was damaged last week following one of the most powerful earthquakes to hit the area in decades, the New ...

Court proceedings continued on Wednesday in the case against six former public officials who stand accused of “causing death through negligence” for their roles in the sequence of events which ...

The geological survey department of the Agricultural Ministry on Monday afternoon reported an  earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale off the coast of Cyprus. According to the department, the earthquake ...

An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale was recorded off the coast of Cyprus on Thursday morning. The earthquake struck at 4.32am and had its epicentre around 90 kilometres north of ...

Emergency services were on high alert in Crete on Thursday after a 6.1 magnitude quake hit off the Greek island, causing tremors felt across Turkey and Israel. The fire brigade said ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck off the island of Crete in Greece and was felt as far away as Cyprus and Egypt in the early morning hours on Wednesday, but ...

An earthquake measuring 5.1 magnitude struck San Diego country estates, California on Monday, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was at a depth of 13.4 km (8.33 miles), USGS said.

Three U.S. aid workers were laid off while in Myanmar helping the rescue and recovery from the country’s massive earthquake, a former senior staffer said, as the Trump ...

The death toll from Myanmar’s devastating earthquake has surpassed 3,000, with hundreds more missing, as forecasts of unseasonal rain presented a new challenge for rescue and aid workers trying to ...

Aid groups arriving in the worst-hit areas of Myanmar said there was an urgent need for shelter, food and water after last week’s devastating quake which killed more than 2,000 ...

An earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale occurred near Paphos on Tuesday morning. According to the Euro-mediterranean seismological centre, the quake’s epicentre was 18 kilometres southeast of Paphos and 56km ...

Rescuers freed a woman from the ruins of a hotel in Myanmar, officials said on Monday, a glimmer of hope three days after a massive earthquake that killed around 2,000 as ...

Myanmar’s military rulers let in hundreds of foreign rescue personnel on Saturday after an earthquake killed more than 1,600 people, the deadliest natural disaster to hit the impoverished, war-torn country ...

A powerful earthquake centred in Myanmar rocked Southeast Asia on Friday, killing more than 140 people in that country, according to state media, and toppling buildings across a wide area. The ...

A small earthquake at lunchtime was felt by people in various parts of the islnd. According to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, the quake at 1.07 was a 3.0 Richter scale with an ...

The chance of a major earthquake hitting in the Aegean sea at present is “remote”, professor Emmanuel Scordilis of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki said on Saturday. Speaking to the ...

Hundreds of people left Santorini on ferries and planes on Tuesday to reach safety in Athens as a series of quakes kept shaking the famous Greek tourist island. Hundreds of ...

Cyprus has sent €92,000 to Unicef and the UN office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs (Unocha) as humanitarian aid to the people affected by the earthquake in Vanuatu, in December 2024. ...

Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake on Monday that authorities said did not warrant the kind of megaquake warning that was triggered for the first time last year. ...

A strong earthquake struck the foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet’s holiest cities on Tuesday, killing at least 126 people and flattening hundreds of houses, Chinese authorities said. ...

An earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila on Tuesday, damaging buildings and cars with at least one person reported killed. Vanuatu state broadcaster VBTC showed footage of ...

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Sulawesi, Indonesia, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 40 km (25 miles), EMSC said.

Following a series of minor earthquakes in Cyprus, including the latest on Thursday night, Civil Defence on Friday issued comprehensive guidelines for earthquake preparedness and safety. In a statement, it ...