More than 15,000 people have been reported killed and tens of thousands of others injured by the earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria on Monday. Here’s why the quake was so devastating.

In 2004, an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 9.1 struck the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, causing a tsunami that left 227,898 people dead or listed as missing and presumed dead.

The survivors of Turkey's devastating 2023 earthquake are now grappling with another natural disaster: wildfires. Flames have ...

Emergency crews made a series of dramatic rescues in Turkey on Friday, pulling several people, some almost unscathed, from the rubble, four days after a catastrophic earthquake killed more than ...

An aerial view of a fire among shipping containers that was sparked by an earthquake in the Iskenderun Port, in Turkey's southern Hatay province, February 7, 2023. Anadolu Agency/Getty ...

This week Turkey marked one year since the earthquake that killed more than 53,000 people in the country and left over 3 million homeless. Critics say the government hasn't met its promise to rebuild.

Within 24 hours of receiving news of a devastating earthquake hitting Turkey and Syria, over 100 rescue workers from fire departments in California and Virginia were on a plane to assist in one of ...

As of Thursday, fatalities from the earthquake in Turkey and Syria have surpassed 20,000, according to The Associated Press.. As Turkey's death toll rises — now more than 17,000 — so does ...

She feels that, following the Golcuk earthquake of Aug. 17, 1999, which struck Marmara, Turkey, many have grown complacent. That one was a magnitude 7.6 that claimed about 18,000 lives.

Since the initial earthquake in Turkey, 50,000 people there and in Syria have died, and hundreds of thousands have lost their homes. That quake occurred on the East Anatolian Fault, ...

The 1999 earthquake appeared to be a turning point in disaster management and construction oversight in Turkey. The coalition government led by Bulent Ecevit of the Democratic Left Party (DSP ...