Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority said that the decision was made following the Prime Minister's directive, ...

Weak enforcement of earthquake regulations and systemic ... but this should only have resulted in damage, not total building collapses. Turkey's construction industry, closely tied to political ...

The earthquakes affected an exceptionally large ... homes in the quakes or to care for wounded relatives. The direct damage to Turkey's physical infrastructure is estimated to be $25bn, according ...

A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Aegean Sea in western Turkey on Friday evening ... with no reports of casualties or material damage. In the southern part of the country, thousands of ...

However, if such a devastating quake were to hit the region, the damage would still be significantly less than what has just happened in Turkey. Back-to-back earthquakes — one a 7.8 magnitude ...

Accurate assessment of the land surface damage (such as small-scale fracturing and inelastic deformation) from two major earthquakes in ... border between Syria and Turkey. They caused widespread ...

LOS ANGELES — A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck near North Hollywood on Sunday night, but there are no reports of injuries or damage Monday. The earthquake, reported at 10:13 p.m. Sunday, was centered ...