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At least 12 people were killed after a powerful earthquake struck southern Ecuador. According to United States Geological Survey, the 6.8-magnitude quake occurred Saturday afternoon in the country’s coastal Guayas region. It was centered about 50 miles south of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s second-largest city that has a reported population of three million. Cristian Torres, head of Ecuador’s emergency response agency, said 11 […]
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey on Monday, the New York Times reports. Northwestern Syria was also affected by the quake. So far, no casualties have been reported. The quake comes just weeks after a devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked the region, leaving 46,000 people dead. This story is being updated. Source link قالب وردپرس
Christian Atsu, a Ghanaian soccer star who played in the English Premier League, has been found dead under earthquake rubble in Turkey. He was 31. Atsu, who played for the Turkish soccer team Hatayspor, had been missing since Feb. 6, when the massive earthquake ravaged his apartment building in country’s Hatay province. Atsu’s agent confirmed the […]
More than 1,500 people are dead after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on Monday. According to the United States Geological Survey, the epicenter of the quake was just over 14 miles east of Nurdağı in the Gaziantep province of Turkey. The Associated Press reported that hundreds of buildings had been destroyed by the […]
Southern California was rattled by an earthquake Saturday evening. ABC affiliate KABC reports the U.S. Geological Survey measured the earthquake at a magnitude of 4.1 on the Richter scale. The quake, which had a depth of about 16 miles, hit about 6 miles northwest of Santa Paula in Ventura County, while also rocking various parts of Los Angeles County. […]
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck near Haiti on Saturday has the U.S. Geological Survey claiming that casualties could be “high.” “High casualties are probable and the disaster is likely widespread,” the USGS shared. “Past events with this alert level have required a national or international level response.” There have been fatalities and damage in relation to the earthquake, Haiti’s Civil […]
A New Hampshire man has been charged with disorderly conduct in connection with a gender reveal explosion, which happened last month. The blast was so massive that it was felt in neighboring towns. NBC Boston writes that authorities chose to pursue legal action against Anthony Spinelli because that explosion “caused public alarm.” Spinelli has reportedly turned […]
NASA is investigating a string of “Marsquakes” that have been detected on the Red Planet, in the hopes that they could provide info about potential surface landslides or underground volcanos. The tremors were detected by the space agency’s InSight lander, which touched down on our planetary neighbor back in November 2018. Insight’s purpose is to learn more about […]
A massive 7.1 earthquake hit the eastern coast of Japan, shaking multiple cities, the Japan Times reported on Saturday. The quake measured a strong 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale (the second-highest level) and disrupted Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures in the Tohoku region around 11:08 local time on Saturday night. Fortunately, no tsunami warning has been issued for the island country. Several […]
A devastating earthquake ravished the coast of Turkey and the Greek island of Samos on Saturday. Per CBS News, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake shook the Aegean Sea near the coast of Turkey. The natural disaster rumbled cities, collapsing buildings, and triggering a tsunami that flooded Western Turkey. Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency claims that the earthquake injured more than 700 people […]
