Earthquake aftershock felt in Turkey, Cyprus
An earthquake was felt in Cyprus and in southern Turkey, Syria and Lebanon about 7pm on Monday, according to the independent Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).
According to the EMSC, the ...
Turkey clears away rubble from earthquake, rescue efforts wind down
Turkey stepped up work to clear away rubble from collapsed buildings on Monday, as rescue work wound down two weeks after major earthquakes killed more than 46,000 people in southern Turkey ...
Tremor measuring 3.0 felt in Limassol
An 3.0 earthquake was felt in Cyprus on Sunday afternoon, mainly in Limassol, officials said.
Social media posts first referred to the tremor around 4.30pm.
A statement from the geological surveys ...
Turks who lost everything in earthquake seeking shelter in the north
Earthquake victims from Turkey continue to arrive to the north to find refuge in relatives or friends staying in the island, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Saturday.
With their house ...
Four remanded in Turkey in connection with hotel collapse
The owner and three managers of the Isias Hotel whose collapse following two earthquakes in Adiyaman killed dozens of people, including 35 members of the Turkish Cypriot volleyball team, have been ...
Aid focus turns to the homeless and destitute in aftermath of Turkey quake
International aid agencies are stepping up efforts to help millions of homeless people, many sleeping in tents, mosques, schools or cars, 11 days after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria ...
A minute’s silence and €0.5m in aid for earthquake victims
A minute’s silence was observed by the council of ministers at the start of Wednesday’s session for the victims of the deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
President ...
Magnitude 6.1 quake strikes off New Zealand coast
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck New Zealand near Wellington on Wednesday at a depth of 48 km (30 miles), government seismic monitor Geonet said.
The earthquake’s epicentre was 50 km from the town ...
Turkey’s Erdogan vows to rebuild after quake, rescue work winds down
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan vowed to press on with rescue and recovery efforts more than a week after a powerful quake ripped through his country and neighbouring Syria, with an ...
Rescuers dug Turkish Cypriots out of rubble then dug their graves
Rescuers from the north on Tuesday described the macabre scenes they witnessed in Adiyaman, while trying to save the Turkish Cypriot volleyball team buried under the rubble of the Isias ...
Turkey earthquake rescuers find ‘miracle’ survivors but frustration grows
Rescuers in Turkey pulled several people alive from collapsed buildings on Monday, a week after the country’s worst earthquake in modern history, but hopes of many more survivors were ...
Final funerals held for Turkish Cypriots killed in earthquake
All the Turkish Cypriots who died in the devastating earthquakes in Turkey on Monday have now been returned to the island as the last of the funerals were held on ...
Turkey-Syria earthquake: the challenge of delivering aid in a disaster zone
By Jeff Evans
It’s the middle of the night and you are fast asleep. Suddenly you have ceiling plaster smashing down on you, pictures are falling off the walls ...
Two women survive for days in earthquake rubble as death toll tops 24,150
By Kemal Aslan, Maya Gebeily and Khalil Ashawi
Rescuers in Turkey pulled two women alive from the rubble of collapsed buildings after they were been trapped for 122 hours following the ...
Greek, Turkish Cypriot parties call for bicommunal rescue mission (Update)
Greek and Turkish Cypriot political parties on Friday called on President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar to send a joint rescue mission to the earthquake zone in ...
Bodies of 10 Turkish Cypriots returned to the island (Update)
A total of 22 bodies of Turkish Cypriots were found in the rubble of a hotel in Adiyaman, authorities in the north said on Friday as the bodies of ten victims ...
Rescues provide glimmer of hope among Turkey quake ruins as toll tops 20,000
The rescue of several survivors from the rubble of buildings in Turkey lifted the spirits of weary search crews on Friday, four days after a major earthquake struck the country ...
Tenth body of a Turkish Cypriot pulled out of earthquake rubble (Update 3)
Hope is dwindling for the group of Turkish Cypriots trapped under the rubble of the Isias hotel in Adiyaman, Turkey, who are yet to be recovered, the north’s ‘education ...
Day three: dozens of Turkish Cypriot children still trapped, two teachers found dead (updated)
Cyprus to send rescue team after Turkey accepts
By Nikolaos Prakas and Jonathan Shkurko
Two of the teachers with the dozens of Turkish Cypriot children were found dead on Wednesday ...
Earthquake prompts safety warnings over older buildings
Cyprus must stop dragging its feet and finally decide to implement building safety checks, with the Turkey-Syria earthquake serving as a stark reminder of the dangers.
Those were the emphatic ...
Cyprus linked to seismic activity in Turkey
The devastating earthquake in Turkey is also affecting the area around Cyprus, head of Greece’s organisation for anti-seismic planning Efthymios Lekkas said on Tuesday.
The Cyprian arc includes the ...
Hundreds still under earthquake rubble in rebel-held Syria – rescue workers (Update 2)
Time is running out to save hundreds of families trapped under the rubble of buildings brought down by Monday’s earthquake, the head of the Syrian opposition-run civil defence service ...
Turkey declares emergency as quake death toll passes 7,200 (Update 4)
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in 10 provinces devastated by two earthquakes that killed more than 7,200 people and left a trail of destruction across a ...
Civil engineers reiterate call for earthquake proof buildings
The association of civil engineers on Monday sounded the alarm over the potential for severe damage and even loss of life in the event of a powerful earthquake, due to ...