Tag: earthquake

Social media is flooded with pictures and videos showing destruction and the loss of life and property in the quake-hit areas. However, among those viral posts are some which are shared with false claims. ( read original story ...)

How long can trapped people survive in the rubble of an earthquake? Up to a week or more, experts say, but it depends on their injuries, how they are trapped and weather conditions. Search teams from ... ( read original story ...)

Desperate efforts to rescue survivors of Monday's earthquakes continue in Turkey and Syria as the death toll climbs past 11,000. Follow NBC News' live coverage. ( read original story ...)

Herman, who is in his third year at CSUB, has been involved in several earthquake studies, including the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami. Yet, he acknowledged that this appears to be the deadliest ... ( read original story ...)

How long can trapped people survive in the rubble of an earthquake? Up to a week or more, experts say, but it depends on their injuries, how they are trapped and weather conditions. Search teams fr… ... ( read original story ...)

After the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami, a teenager and his 80-year-old grandmother were found alive after nine days trapped in their flattened home. The year before, a 16-year-old Haitian girl ... ( read original story ...)

The growing death toll has already made the temblor one of the deadliest since the 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan, which triggered a tsunami that killed nearly 20,000 people and led to a nuclear ... ( read original story ...)

In April 2015, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Nepal killed 8,000 people, and nearly 20,000 died off the north-east coast of Japan when a 9-magnitude quake triggered a tsunami in March 2011. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk. ( read original story ...)

Smoke rises from a building in Antakya, southern Turkey, Wednesday,. With the hope of finding survivors fading, stretched rescue teams in Turkey and Syria sea ( read original story ...)

This week's earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria, killing more than 11,000 people, is among the world’s deadliest in recent decades. ( read original story ...)

Number of people killed in Turkey and Syria expected to keep rising; Turkish president says he ‘cannot stomach’ criticism ( read original story ...)

Atsu was one of his country’s most decorated soccer players for the better part of a decade, but it’s unclear what happened to him in Monday’s devastating earthquake. ( read original story ...)

Stories of cats and dogs and birds sensing storms and quakes are aplenty in the wake of natural disasters. And following the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, videos allegedly showing this phenomenon in action have been making the rounds on social media. ( read original story ...)

The scale of destruction from the earthquake and its powerful aftershocks was so immense and spread over such a wide area, including places isolated by Syria’s ongoing civil war, that many people were still awaiting help. ( read original story ...)

Stretched rescue teams are toiling in Turkey and Syria, searching for signs of life in the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by a catastrophic earthquake. ( read original story ...)

The death toll from the magnitude 7.8 earthquake Monday (Feb. 6) and aftershocks is estimated to be at least 11,200 people in the region, according to reports. ( read original story ...)