The Latest Breaking News from Earthquakes

Quake toll hits 4,000 in Turkey and Syria as overseas aid flows

Rescue teams from overseas began deploying in Turkey on Tuesday after a pair of powerful earthquakes a day earlier killed at least 4,000 people in the country and neighboring Syria, leaving millions to suffer without power or heat throughout a snowy night.

Tribune News Service · Feb 6, 2023

Syria and Turkey earthquake: what we know so far

Two powerful earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria within 12 hours on Monday, killing at least 2,600 people, with the death toll expected to rise

The Guardian - AU · Feb 6, 2023

Twin earthquakes kill almost 2,000 in Turkey and Syria

Some of the most powerful Middle East earthquakes in decades killed almost 2,000 people in Turkey and Syria and forced a halt in crude oil flows to a regional export terminal.

Tribune News Service · Feb 6, 2023

Twin earthquakes kill more than 1,000 in Turkey and Syria

Some of the most powerful Middle East earthquakes in decades killed more than 1,000 people in Turkey and Syria on Monday and forced a halt in crude oil flows to a regional export terminal.

Tribune News Service · Feb 6, 2023

Top international stories of the day

Thousands of people were killed and hundreds of building were destroyed after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey’s southeastern region, near the Syrian border, early on Monday. Just a few hours later as rescue efforts were underway, an earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale hit central Turkey. Another…

The Times of India · Feb 6, 2023

Why do earthquakes happen?

Movement of tectonic plates against each other sends seismic waves rippling across earth’s surface

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023

Watch live: Rescuers search rubble in Turkey as death toll crosses 1,500

Rescue crews are working to save any survivors trapped under rubble after two powerful earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria.

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023

A timeline of world’s strongest earthquakes over the last 20 years

From China, to Iran to Haiti and Japan, there have been a number of terrible earthquakes in reecnt years

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023

Timeline: Major deadly earthquakes in the past two decades

Some of the world's most deadly earthquakes in the past two decades are listed below, after a 7.8 magnitude quake struck central Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday and killed hundreds of people.

Reuters · Feb 6, 2023

Earthquake in Iran’s Khoy kills three, injures hundreds

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits Khoy, which has experienced several earthquakes in the previous months.

Al Jazeera · Jan 29, 2023