Children aged three and 14 are pulled out alive from rubble after earthquake smashed Turkish city

Two girls aged three and 14 have been pulled out alive from the rubble three days after a powerful earthquake decimated the Turkish city of Izmir.   The overall death toll from Friday’s quake reached 85 after teams found more bodies overnight amid toppled buildings in the country’s third-largest city.  Rescue workers clapped as 14-year-old Idil … Read more

Turkey earthquake: Rescuers search into night for survivors

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 nearly 800 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 … Read more

Rescuers search into the night for survivors after powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Turkey

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 7.0-magnitude earthquake causes mini-tsunami in Greek islands

Turkey and Greece were battered by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake today which killed at least eight 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 hits Turkey and Greek islands

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 

Iceland’s capital Reykjavik is rattled by powerful 5.6-magnitude earthquake a week after increased seismic activity was recorded at volcano that erupted in 2011 cancelling hundreds of flights By Associated Press Published: 16:31 BST, 20 October 2020 | Updated: 16:52 BST, 20 October 2020 Iceland’s capital Reykjavik has been rattled by a 5.6-magnitude earthquake a week after … Read more

Massive 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Alaska sparking tsunami warning 

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

‘Rock clocks’ made from balanced boulders improve the accuracy of earthquake forecasts

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

Leighton Buzzard is hit by third earthquake in two weeks as tremor rattles homes

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

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