The country’s recent disaster could offer clues about the potential strength and location of future West Coast quakes.
Tag: Turkey Earthquake (Feb 6, 2023)
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A New 5.2-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Turkey
The latest temblor, measuring 5.2 in magnitude, shook parts of the same area stricken by a far stronger quake on Feb. 6 that killed more than 50,000 people in the country and in neighboring Syria.
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I Went to Syria to See Biblical Devastation in a Land of Political Tragedy
We live in a world remade by Syria’s war. And yet we have abandoned the Syrian people.
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Shattered Homes and Lurking Disease: Quake Hardships Pile Up
Hundreds of thousands are sheltering in tents, breathing air thick with pollutants unleashed from tombs of rubble, fearful that a new disaster could strike at any moment.
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Turkish Builders Come Under Intense Scrutiny Over Shoddy Construction
More than 43,000 deaths in Turkey from an earthquake have raised painful and angry questions over whether some of those fatalities could have been avoided with better building standards.