Hundreds of people are feared dead and at least 1,000 are injured after a powerful earthquake hit western Afghanistan, near the Iranian border. The 6.3 magnitude quake struck about 40km from the western city of Herat at around 11:00 local…
EU to provide Turkey with €400m for aftermath of major earthquakes
The European Union is to provide an additional 400 million euros (426.8 million U.S. dollars) in disaster relief to Turkey to deal with the aftermath of the two major earthquakes. On February 6, two large earthquakes and many aftershocks shook…
5.5-magnitude earthquake rock Turkey’s southern Adana province
An earthquake of 5.5-magnitude shook the southern Turkish province of Adana on Tuesday morning, according to the Kandilli earthquake monitoring centre in Istanbul. The centre said the quake occurred at 8:44 am (0544 GMT). Its epicentre was in the district…
6.3-magnitude earthquake hits central Japan
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck Japan’s central Ishikawa region, leaving at least one person dead and 21 injured. The quake hit at 2:42 pm (0542 GMT) at a depth of 6 miles, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Some…
A strong earthquake has killed at least 13 in Ecuador and 1 in Peru
A strong earthquake shook southern Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least 14 people, trapping others under rubble, and sending rescue teams out into streets littered with debris and fallen power lines. The U.S. Geological Survey reported an…
Kemal Kilicdaroglu: Opposition picks ‘Turkey’s Gandhi’ to challenge Erdogan in election
Turkey’s often divided opposition parties have come together to choose a single candidate to face President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in May’s election. Kemal Kilicdaroglu leads the main secular opposition party, the centre-left Republican People’s Party (CHP). Polls suggest a tight…
Erdogan indicates Turkey elections to be in May, 3 months after quake
President Tayyip Erdogan indicated on Wednesday that elections will be held on May 14, sticking to his previous plan for the vote. The date indicated for the election is just over three months after a devastating earthquake killed more than…
Remote Tajikistan region shaken by magnitude 6.8 earthquake
A series of earthquakes has hit a remote region of Tajikistan bordering China, with the strongest temblor measured at magnitude 6.8, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The quake struck at about 5:37am (00:37 GMT) on Thursday about 65km…
6.4 magnitude earthquake hits southern Turkey
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has struck southern Turkey, weeks after a deadly quake devastated the region. Turkey’s disaster and emergency agency Afad said the tremor occurred at 20.04 local time (17.04 GMT). Witnesses told the Reuters news agency there had…
Blinken pledges long-term aid for Turkey after devastating earthquakes
U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said during a trip to Turkey that Washington would help Turkey “for as long as it takes” after earthquakes rocked the country two weeks ago, as authorities carried out wide scale demolitions of damaged…