Moroccans on Sunday mourned the victims of a devastating earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people, as rescue teams raced to find survivors trapped in the rubble of flattened villages.
Officials and medics said 8 574 people had died in Turkey and 2 662 in Syria from Monday’s 7.8-magnitude tremor, bringing the total to 11 236
The 7.8-magnitude pre-dawn quake, whose epicentre was near the Turkish city of Gaziantep, wiped out entire sections of cities in Turkey and war-ravaged Syria, killing more than 1,200 people in their sleep.
The shallow 6.9-magnitude quake killed at least 105 people and destroyed thousands of buildings in Lombok
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Nepalis were fleeing Kathmandu as aftershocks rocked the area following an earthquake. The death toll in Nepal has risen to 4 310.
The death toll continued to rise in Nepal on Sunday after an earthquake devastated the heavily populated Kathmandu Valley.
More that 300 people are feared dead in the lasted earthquake to hit southwest Pakistan.
Rescuers have been struggling to reach a remote corner of southwestern China as the toll of the dead and missing climbed to 208.
A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake has hit southwestern China’s Sichuan province, killing at least 56 people and injuring about 600.
Iran has halted rescue operations following twin quakes that devastated scores of north-west villages, killing 227 people and injuring hundreds.
Two powerful earthquakes have killed at least 220 people and injured around 1 500 in north-west Iran, Iran’s state news agency has reported.
The quake, which the US Geological Survey recorded at magnitude 6.0, struck northern Italy at 2.04am GMT while most people were sleeping.
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/ 15 November 2011
A 5.2 magnitude tremor has hit an eastern Turkish province already ravaged by two deadly earthquakes that killed more than 600 people since October.
Concerns over how relatively minor tremors caused serious damage to buildings in Lorca, where eight people died.
A large 6,8 magnitude earthquake struck Burma near the border with northern Thailand on Thursday, killing a woman and shaking buildings.
The biggest quake to hit Japan in 140 years struck the north-east coast on Friday, triggering a 10m tsunami that swept away everything in its path.
Japan was struck by a magnitude-8,8 quake off its north-eastern coast on Friday, triggering a 4m tsunami that washed away cars and tore at buildings.
New Zealand warned relatives to brace for the worst on Friday as toiling rescuers failed to find any more survivors after a devastating earthquake.
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/ 25 February 2011
A doctor described how a pocket knife and a hacksaw were used to amputate the legs of a man trapped under rubble after Christchurch’s earthquake.
Haiti on Tuesday began two days of remembrance ceremonies in honour of the thousands of people who died in an earthquake a year ago.
New Zealand on Thursday marked one year out from the Rugby World Cup, with one of the host cities still reeling from a huge earthquake.
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/ 6 September 2010
Miraculous tales of survival emerged on Monday after New Zealand’s most damaging earthquake in 80 years hurled sleeping residents into their gardens.
Aftershocks and winds buffeted Christchurch on Sunday as a clean-up got under way after the country’s worst earthquake in 80 years.
Authorities declared an overnight curfew for Saturday after a major earthquake hit New Zealand’s second biggest city, Christchurch.
China observed a day of national mourning on Wednesday for victims of its killer quake, with newspaper front pages bathed in black.
President Hu Jintao flew to China’s remote and ruined Yushu county to speed relief distribution on Sunday, as Tibetan monks prayed over victims.
Tibetans cremated their dead on Saturday after a massive earthquake struck a remote part of China earlier in the week.
A strong earthquake hit a remote mountainous area of China on Wednesday, killing about 400 people and injuring thousands.
A magnitude 6,9 earthquake on Wednesday killed about 300 people in the mountainous Tibetan Plateau in south-west China.
At least 57 people were killed in a powerful earthquake that struck remote villages in eastern Turkey early on Monday.
Aftershocks rattled Chile on Friday, panicking residents nearly a week after one of the most powerful earthquakes on record devastated coastal towns.