Turkey has been the site of some of the deadliest earthquakes in recorded history, dating as far back as the second century. The deadliest earthquake of all time (that we know of) was in Shaanxi ...

The 2004 tsunami was one of the worst natural disasters in history Image: picture-alliance/AP Photo/G. Singh In 2011, an undersea earthquake in the Tohoku region of Japan triggered a tsunami that ...

Powerful earthquakes that shook Turkey and Syria last week had resulted in more than 41,000 deaths as of Tuesday. It is among most devastating and deadliest disasters seen in recent history.

The world's deadliest natural disasters span more than 2,500 years of human history and include earthquakes, tsunamis and cyclones. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

as the Nankai Trough has a long history of triggering some of such earthquakes. Here's a look at four of the worst earthquakes associated with the Nankai Trough: 1) The 1701 Hoei Earthquake The ...

A strong earthquake hit south-eastern Turkey, around the Syrian border, leading to the death of 2,000 people across both Syria and Turkey on 7 February 2023. Around 1,121 people lost their lives ...

The earthquake which struck Syria’s Aleppo on 11 October 1138 was one of the worst earthquakes in history. The disaster is believed to have killed around 230,000 people, according to the 15th ...

Turkey has introduced construction codes that meet earthquake-engineering standards, but experts say the codes are rarely enforced. Erdogan announced Tuesday that the government planned to start ...

It was thus one of the deadliest quakes in recorded history. In 2011, an undersea earthquake in the Tohoku region of Japan triggered a tsunami that in turn caused the worst nuclear disaster since the ...

Obviously, it is the deadliest earthquakes in recent history that remain etched in the collective memory and, with the help of data from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), we are going to ...

The 2010 Maule Earthquake, sometimes referred to as the 2010 Chile earthquake, struck roughly 3 km and 1.9 miles off the coast of Pelluhue February 27.