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Rescuers search into the night for survivors in Turkey after a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake sent people fleeing from their homes on Greek islands – leaving 22 dead and 725 injured. Search and rescue teams dug through heavy blocks of concrete desperately trying to find survivors after the catastrophic earthquake. Turkey and Greece were battered by a … Read more
Turkey and Greece were battered by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake today which killed at least six people, flattened buildings and caused a mini-tsunami which flooded streets in horrifying scenes on the Turkish coast. Debris was racing down Turkish streets after an apparent sea surge near Izmir where at least six buildings were destroyed and footage showed … Read more
Powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake destroys buildings in Turkey and sends people fleeing from their homes on Greek islands At least six buildings collapsed in the Turkish city of Izmir after the earthquake struck in the Aegean Sea today Walls crumbled and buildings were damaged on the Greek island of Samos where people fled their homes Turkish … Read more
Iceland’s capital Reykjavik is rattled by powerful 5.6-magnitude earthquake By Associated Press Published: 16:31 BST, 20 October 2020 | Updated: 16:44 BST, 20 October 2020 A 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit southwest Iceland on Tuesday, shaking buildings in the capital, Reykjavik. There were no immediate reports of injuries. The Icelandic Meteorological Office said the quake struck at … Read more
A colossal 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit the coast of Alaska on Monday, sparking a tsunami warning and sending families fleeing for higher ground. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that a earthquake struck 55 miles southeast of Sand Point at 4.54pm EST. Just minutes later, the National Weather Service issued a tsunami warning in South … Read more
Delicately balanced boulders have been used to create a ‘rock clock’ that can improve the accuracy of earthquake severity predictions by up 50 per cent. Imperial College London researchers created a new severe earthquake forecasting model using information from formations of precariously balanced rocks (PBRs). PBRs, rock formations where a ‘slender boulder’ is delicately perched … Read more
BREAKING: Leighton Buzzard is hit by third earthquake in two weeks as tremor rattles homes Twitter users report earthquake in the town of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire It comes after a 3.5 magnitude earthquake hit the same town on September 8 A second tremor hit days later on September 13, believed to be an aftershock By … Read more
SECOND earthquake in a week hits Leighton Buzzard overnight as ‘aftershock’ tremor measuring 2.1 on Richter scale hits Bedfordshire town Tremor which hit at 11.20pm on Sunday night, was measured at magnitude 2.1 It is thought to have been an aftershock from magnitude 3.5 quake on Sep 8 Small earthquakes are not uncommon but are … Read more
Earthquake measuring 3.9 on Richter scale hits southern England with residents in Home Counties with residents reporting ‘houses shaking and windows rattling’ Tremors reported in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire One local said they ‘felt their whole house shake’ when earthquake struck Some 610,000 people live in the affected area and it originated north of London … Read more
At least one person has been killed after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit the Philippines early Tuesday, causing buildings to collapse. The tremor stuck in the Samar Sea around 8.03am local time (00.03GMT), just a few miles east of the town of Cataingan, which was badly damaged. The body of a man was pulled from … Read more