Earthquakes do not kill people, but poorly constructed buildings do. If we observe the 2023 Turkey earthquake (magnitude 7.8), we will see that nearly 53,500 people were killed, mostly due to building ...

In "The Really Big One," Shultz explained how a massive earthquake along the Cascadia fault line may or may not strike the region in our lifetime. Now, Oregon climate journalist Emma Pattee has ...

Welcome to spring. And with it, your new spring reading list – which sees a welcome return from some brilliant favourites (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Natasha Brown among them), alongside a ...

Parental relationships play a crucial role in shaping a child’s future, especially for those who later become influential figures in society. In Nigeria, fractured family dynamics are a common thread ...

Dr So warned that there was "always a chance" of further damage to buildings near a fault line due to aftershocks - tremors that follow an earthquake, which can be caused by the sudden transfer of ...

An earthquake happens when Earth’s tectonic plates move against each other, creating friction. This sudden movement along a fault line makes the ground shake violently and can sometimes lead to ...

Unlike Myanmar, Thailand is considered a low-risk earthquake zone as its nearest fault lines are in Myanmar and Indonesia. The strong tremors experienced in Bangkok and Chiang Mai were unusual, ...

The Sagaing Fault, a 1,200-kilometre-long fault line running north-south through central Myanmar, is considered a major seismic threat. Geologists believe it marks the boundary between the ancient ...

A fault cancelled all trains early on Thursday, with services resuming just before 8am. But shortly after 8.30am Metlink advised that services on the Kāpiti, Melling and Hutt Valley lines had been ...

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty The previous Tory government adopted this line, as has the right-wing press. In 2022, Jacob Rees-Mogg famously left “sorry you were out when I ...

“If you hit yourself in the face with a hammer, it’s not the hammer’s fault. It’s really on you ... of these senior folks who were on this line and nobody bothered to even check, security ...

Three of Nord Stream 1 and 2's four lines were damaged by subsequent blasts, while one line remains intact but has never been used. "I would not be surprised if two out of the four (came ...