Tag: earthquake

• Monday, February 13th 2023 - 09:58 UTC

  Türkiye-Syria quake: UN expert fears death toll may exceed 60,000

  

  With around 33,000 people so far reported dead in both countries affected by last week's series of earthquakes and aftershocks, a United Nations expert predicted that the final number of victims will be twice as many “or even more.”

• Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 08:24 UTC

  Death toll crosses 8,100 threshold in Turkish/Syrian quakes

  

  The latest reports from Türkiye and Syria two days after the series of earthquakes and aftershocks that hit the region mention at least 8,100 people confirmed dead as hopes of finding any new survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings are turning slimmer by the minute.

• Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:54 UTC

  Earthquake death toll reaches 4,300, more victims feared under the rubble

  

  The number of casualties from the series of earthquakes hitting Türkiye and Syria early Monday has been updated to 4,300, it was reported. Due to the time the quake occurred (4.17 local time), most people were sleeping in their homes and many were unable to escape. Rescuers are searching for survivors in the rubble.

• Monday, February 6th 2023 - 09:17 UTC

  Earthquake rocks Türkiye and Syria killing around 1,200 people

  

  Over 1,200 people died in Türkiye and Syria as hundreds of buildings collapsed in the areas hit by an earthquake of 7.8-degree magnitude with its epicenter in the border city of Gaziantep. Rescue teams were searching for people trapped under the rubble. Humanitarian aid was reported on its way from various parts of the world. There were a total of 22 aftershocks, some of them strong.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  Seismic activity reported in Uruguay

  

  Uruguayan authorities have confirmed that the department (province) of Florida has reported its second earthquake in 18 months after tremors were felt Sunday. Residents also said loud sounds similar to thunder or explosions were heard.

• Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  Indonesia earthquake toll reaches 310 dead

  

  Search and rescue teams in Indonesia have so far retrieved 310 bodies after Tuesday's 5.6-degree tremor that hit the Cianjur region in the country’s West Java province, it was reported Friday. The whereabouts of at least 24 people are still unknown and over 36,000 residents have been displaced, the authorities also said.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2022 - 09:32 UTC

  One dead after new quake hits Mexico on most historic seismic date

  

  At least one person died Monday as a 7.6-degree Richter scale earthquake hit the Mexican State of Michoacán, on the Pacific coast, 59 kilometers south of Coalcoman, on the anniversary of two previous tremors that left thousands dead in 1985 and 2017, according to a National Seismological Service report.

• Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 22:48 UTC

  Strong quake felt in Peru, Chile and Bolivia

  

  A strong earthquake rocked Chile, Perú, and Bolivia Thursday morning. Authorities in the three countries are still to release detailed reports on the aftermath of the event.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  New earthquake hits Mexico near Acapulco but floods kill more in Tula

  

  Exactly four years after Mexico was shaken by the second most intense earthquake in its history, a 7.1 magnitude tremor with an epicentre 11 kilometres southeast of Acapulco hit the country again Tuesday.

• Monday, August 23rd 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Death toll from Haiti's earthquake reaches 2,207 and counting

  

  Haitian authorities Sunday released an update of the consequences of the Aug. 14 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Les Cayes, according to which the death toll has reached 2,207.