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QUITO –At least 14 people were killed in a strong earthquake that shook a coastal region of Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, causing structural damage to multiple homes, schools and medical centers. The quake, which the…
SINGAPORE – Each time he spoke with his brother in Turkey days after the Feb 6 earthquakes that hit their country and Syria, he was told more relatives had died. It reached the point where Singapore permanent…
CEBU CITY, Philippines –As a precautionary measure, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has directed the Office of the Building Official (OBO) to conduct a massive inspection and assessment of the buildings and the other structures that are…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — An official of the Cebu City Planning and Development Office (CCPDO) has urged the city government to be more “proactive” and implement extra measures for earthquake preparedness and response. CCPDO head Architect Joseph…
ANTAKYA, Turkey – Six people were killed in an earthquake that struck the border region of Turkey and Syria, CNN Turk reported on Tuesday, two weeks after a larger quake killed more than 47,000 people and damaged…
ANTAKYA, Turkey — Turkey stepped up work to clear away rubble from collapsed buildings on Monday, as rescue work wound down two weeks after major earthquakes killed more than 46,000 people in southern Turkey and northwest Syria.…
Istanbul, Turkey — Turkey has ended rescue efforts in all provinces except the two hardest hit by last week’s massive quake that killed tens of thousands of people, the Turkish disaster agency said Sunday. “In many of our…
MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck the province of Surigao Del Sur on Sunday afternoon, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The epicenter of the quake was located 8 kilometers from Tandag,…
ANTAKYA/KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey — Rescue teams pulled three people alive from under collapsed buildings in Turkey on Friday, 11 days after an earthquake that has killed more than 45,000, left millions homeless, and sparked a huge relief effort.…
KAHRAMANMARAS/ANTAKYA, Turkey – A teenage girl was pulled alive from the rubble in Turkey on Thursday more than 10 days after a devastating earthquake hit the region, but such rescues have become increasingly rare, leaving anger to…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Municipality of Badian is planning to inspect the structural integrity of buildings situated in the town. Councilor Joseph Balbona, chairman of the committee on infrastructure in the Sangguniang Bayan, said that he…
KAHRAMANMARAS/ANTAKYA, Turkey — Rescuers in Turkey pulled several people alive from collapsed buildings on Monday, a week after the country’s worst earthquake in modern history, but hopes of many more survivors were fading and criticism of the…
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