A rescuer stands in front of rubble near the site where Aleyna Olmez, 17, was rescued from a collapsed building, 248 hours after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake which struck parts of Türkiye and Syria, in Kahramanmaras on February 16, 2023. OZAN KOSE / AFP ANTAKYA, Türkiye -- Turkish rescuers on...
The tally of aftershocks following the 6.0-magnitude Masbate quake has already hit 542, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 18. An earthquake with a magnitude of 6 is categorized by Filipino state seismologists as “very strong.” In...
Donations are pouring in from Korean celebrities for the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey (Türkiye) and Syria on Feb. 6 resulting in the death of more than 40,000 people. According to the Korean Committee for UNICEF, as of Feb. 17, the amount publicly donated by Korean stars...
CILVEGOZU, Turkey - Syrian refugees living in Turkey sought to get back to their war-torn country on Friday after swathes of their adopted home were destroyed by last week's earthquake. Hundreds queued at the Cilvegozu border crossing in southeast Turkey following the quake, which has killed more...
GENEVA, Switzerland - More than 140 trucks carrying desperately-needed aid have crossed into rebel-held northwestern Syria from Turkey since a giant earthquake devastated the region last week, the United Nations said Friday. Trucks part of an aid convoy cross from Turkey into rebel-held north Syria...
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Five Syrian children and their parents died on Friday in a fire that struck a Turkish home they moved to after surviving last week's earthquake, local media reported. The family had relocated to the central region of Konya from the southeastern Turkish city of Nurdagi, which was...
A total of 228 winter tents will be shipped by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to Türkiye on Saturday, Feb. 18, for the victims of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the country and its neighboring state, Syria. Two hundred eighty-eight winter tents were transported from PRC Warehouse in...
LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – The initial assessment of roads and buildings in Masbate after the magnitude-six earthquake on Thursday, Feb. 16, showed that 61 houses, 15 schools, and six buildings were damaged, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD)- Region 5 (Bicol) said. THE wall of an establishment...
Plot of the 16 February 2023 Magnitude 6.0 Masbate earthquake and aftershocks as of 16 February 2023, 1:00 p.m.. (COURTESY OF PHIVOLCS) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has so far recorded over 300 aftershocks following the magnitude 6.0 earthquake that struck...
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday thanked his "Arab brothers" for aid supplied following last week's deadly earthquake, that saw countries in the region break with years of diplomatic silence. The 7.8-magnitude quake hit Turkey and Syria on February 6, leaving a...
Residents grab food, clothes and household items delivered from the back of a truck in Samandag, south of Hatay on February 16, 2023, ten days after a 7.8-magnitude struck the border region of Türkiye and Syria. Yasin AKGUL / AFP ISTANBUL, Türkiye -- The death toll from the earthquake that...
How prepared are we in the event “The Big One”—a magnitude-7.2 earthquake triggered by the movement of the West Valley Fault—strikes in Metro Manila? The question comes to mind in the wake of the devastation caused by the magnitude-7.8 earthquake that hit Turkiye and Syria. A study...
