Tag Archives: Earthquake

Morocco plans to spend 120 billion dirhams ($11.7 billion) in a post-earthquake reconstruction programme over the next five years, the Royal Palace said on Wednesday. The plan would target 4.2 million people in the worst hit provinces.

Search and rescue teams continued their efforts for the sixth consecutive day on Wednesday to rescue people and recover bodies trapped beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings in areas hard hit by Friday’s deadly earthquake in Morocco. The teams were able to pull people from the rubble of the collapsed …

Many survivors of Morocco’s earthquake were struggling in makeshift shelters on Tuesday after a fourth night outside, while villagers in devastated mountain areas voiced frustration at having received no help from the authorities. The death toll from the 6.8 magnitude quake that struck in the High Atlas Mountains late on …

A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s remote North Maluku province on Monday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said, but there were no immediate reports of heavy damage or deaths. The Indonesian geological agency pegged the magnitude at 5.9 with no threat of tsunami. North Maluku covers the …

Rescuers raced against time on Monday to find survivors in the rubble more than 48 hours after Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in over six decades, with nearly 2,500 killed in a disaster that devastated villages in the High Atlas Mountains. Search teams from Spain, Britain and Qatar were joining efforts to …

Moroccans on Sunday mourned the victims of a devastating earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people as rescue teams raced to find survivors trapped under the rubble of flattened villages. The strongest-ever quake recorded in the North African country has killed at least 2,012 people and injured over 2,000, many …

On Saturday, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia Al-Sudani extended his “heartfelt condolences” to the earthquake’s victims. In a statement released by his media office, Prime Minister Al-Sudani affirmed the “solidarity of the Iraqi government and its people with the brotherly Kingdom of Morocco.” He announced their readiness to “offer any …

A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed more than 1000 people and injured hundreds more, the country’s deadliest tremor in more than six decades, toppling houses in remote mountain villages where rescuers dug through rubble for survivors. The magnitude 7.2 quake struck in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains late on Friday …

A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed more than 800 people and injured hundreds more, destroying buildings and sending residents of major cities rushing from their homes in the country’s deadliest tremor in more than six decades. The magnitude 7.2 quake struck in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains late on Friday …

The Ministry of Transportation announced on Friday that its seismic observatories recorded a seismic tremor in Maysan Province. “The earthquake was recorded at exactly 11:41:41 of this day local time, and it had a magnitude of (3.6) degrees, near the Iraqi-Iranian border and i 58 km southeast of Ali al-Gharbi, …

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck south of New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands on Friday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake’s epicenter was 80 kilometers (49 miles) below the surface, GFZ said.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck Java, Indonesia on Thursday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 40 km (24.85 miles), EMSC said.

Iraq’s Ministry of Transportation on Saturday reported a mild earthquake in the Nineveh Governorate, registering a magnitude of 3.5 on the Richter scale. The tremor, which took place in the afternoon, was reported to have resulted in no material damage. “The seismic event was registered at precisely 3:20:55 PM local …

Two newly discovered skeletons found at the doomed Roman town of Pompeii show that the most famous volcanic eruption of the ancient world also posed a less well-known threat: earthquakes. The Italian Cultural Ministry on Tuesday unveiled the bodies of two men, both probably in their 50s, who died in …

More than a dozen people have been killed and scores more injured after a strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattled the Hindu Kush mountain range stretching along northern parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. The earthquake struck late on Tuesday, killing at least nine people and injuring 44 in northwest Pakistan. At …

Syria has strongly denounced as “theatrical” an international conference in Brussels to purportedly raise funds for the victims of last month’s devastating earthquake, stating that the United States and its Western allies would instead lift sanctions on the crisis-hit country than organize such sham events. “Any improvement in the living …

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived Sunday in the United Arab Emirates, his second visit to the Gulf since a devastating earthquake last month prompted Arab outreach to his government. The trip — Assad’s second to the UAE in as many years — comes after a visit to Oman last month, …

An earthquake of 7.1 magnitudes struck the Kermadec Islands region in New Zealand on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands region has been hit by an earthquake of 7.1 magnitudes on Thursday, prompting Tsunami warnings. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said that the quake was …

The death toll in Turkey from last month’s major earthquakes has risen to 48,448, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Monday, as authorities rush to set up container cities to house for the longer-term those left homeless by the disaster. The combined death toll including those killed in Syria has …

An Israeli air strike knocked Aleppo airport out of service on Tuesday and forced the Syrian authorities to reroute flights carrying aid for people affected by last month’s earthquake, Syrian state media reported. The Israeli military declined to comment. In the second attack on Aleppo airport in six months, Syrian …