Social media erupted with criticism when a Green Party member who is a candidate running for Senate in New Jersey pointed to the “climate crisis” as the reason behind the recent earthquake in the Northeast.
Officials say multiple aftershocks followed the 4.8-magnitude earthquake that hit the northeast early Friday.
The earthquake that shook New York and New Jersey on Friday morning took the Internet by storm as shocked residents rushed to social media.
An earthquake rattled residents of the northeast early Friday, and officials are working to determine if there was any damage.
NEW YORK — An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with residents reporting they felt rumbling across the Northeast.
The Taiwanese Foreign Ministry on Thursday expressed outrage at China for stepping forward to accept messages of sympathy from around the world for the deadly earthquake that struck eastern Taiwan on Wednesday morning.
Taiwan was hit by its strongest earthquake in 25 years during rush hour on Wednesday, with nine dead, 50 missing, and over 800 injuries reported.
Taiwan struck by the largest earthquake in 25 years in the early hours of Wednesday morning, collapsing buildings and triggering landslides.
The country of Taiwan suffered immense damage on Tuesday following a 7.5 earthquake that caused multiple buildings to collapse.
Locals across several states felt an earthquake late Friday, which was centered near Prague, Oklahoma, per the U.S. Geological Survey.
A 4.5 magnitude earthquake hit southern California on Wednesday night, originating in San Bernardino and generating a shockwave that could be felt between Los Angeles and Palm Springs.
The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in China, home of the oppressed Uyghur Muslims, was hit by an earthquake of magnitude 7.1 on Tuesday afternoon, the day after a massive landslide struck the southwestern province of Yunnan. The earthquake killed at least three people, while at least 31 have been killed by the landslide.
A 90-year-old woman was rescued Saturday after being trapped underneath rubble left behind by the recent earthquake in Japan.
Japanese authorities tallied 94 deaths, 222 people missing, and 846 trapped in unreachable parts of the Noto Peninsula due to the earthquake.
The mayor of Suzu, Japan, said “90 percent of houses” in the small peninsula town were either “completely or nearly completely destroyed.”
Japan rang in the New Year with a 7.6-magnitude earthquake that killed at least four people and caused massive property damage.
People living in north-central Japan have been ordered to evacuate from a five-meter (16ft) tsunami expected after a major earthquake.
The Chinese Communist Party has documented the deaths of 127 people as of press time on Tuesday and hundreds of injuries as a result of a series of earthquakes in northern Gansu province, the largest of which measured 6.2 magnitude.
A 3.5-magnitude earthquake Monday night in Fullerton, just two miles north of Disneyland, forced employees to evacuate some rides at the Anaheim theme park. No injuries were reported – either among visitors or workers.
An earthquake hit Saturday just before 11:00 p.m. off the coast of the Philippines in Mindanao, igniting fears of a possible tsunami.
Afghanistan was struck by its deadliest earthquake in years on Sunday, with over 2,400 casualties reported at last count from the northwestern city of Herat and its surrounding province.
The United Nations estimated that 300,000 people were affected by Friday night’s magnitude 6.8 quake that left at least 2,000 dead.
MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night, killing more than 1,000 people and damaging buildings from villages in the Atlas Mountains to the historic city of Marrakech. The full toll was not known as rescuers struggled to get through boulder-strewn roads to the remote mountain villages hit hardest.
A 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon while Southern California experiences a historic tropical storm.
Divers off the Northeast coast of Taiwan recorded an encounter with a massive oarfish, a sighting believed to spell disaster.
Turkish opposition presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu canceled several upcoming campaign events this weekend after a mob of supporters of Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attacked his convoy.
Turkey’s fractious opposition parties united on Monday behind a single candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu of the Republican People’s Party (CHP).
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan apologized on Monday to victims of this month’s series of earthquakes in the east of the country, conceding that emergency services were initially slow and vowing that his government would improve its performance.
The death toll from the massive earthquake that hit parts of Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6 continues to rise as more bodies are retrieved from the rubble of demolished buildings.
Journalists in Turkey, attempting to document or comment on the aftermath of a series of severe earthquakes that began on February 6, are facing both the hanging threat of government abuse and attacks from devastated earthquake victims, robbers, and assorted militias, multiple reports revealed on Tuesday.
At least six more deaths were reported by Turkish officials from Monday’s magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Hatay province, plus two deaths in Syria reported by the White Helmets civil defense organization.
The death toll rose to eight in a new and powerful earthquake that struck two weeks after a devastating temblor killed nearly 45,000.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck the Turkey-Syria border region on Monday afternoon, causing further damage in areas that were devastated by the more powerful quakes of two weeks ago
According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), Syrian government troops fought with rebel forces in the region devastated by the earthquakes of February 6 on Thursday night, the first battles in the affected area since the disaster occurred.
A Turkish charity organization filed a criminal complaint on Friday in the name of orphans and lost children it claimed have been victims of human trafficking in the wake of the devastating earthquake that hit the country and Syria on February 6.
Authorities in Turkey revealed on Thursday that they had identified 613 people “accused of making provocative posts” on social media related to the devastating earthquake that hit that country this week, arresting 78 and starting legal actions against nearly 300.
Erzin, Hatay province, a town of about 40,000 people, experienced no deaths, injuries, or building collapses despite being in the heart of earthquake-devastated east Turkey and continues to operate in a relatively normal state as of Wednesday.
An 18-year-old was rescued Tuesday from beneath rubble in Adiyaman, Turkey, nearly 200 hours after devastating earthquakes.
The famed Syrian civil defense organization known as the White Helmets on Tuesday condemned the United Nations for its “shocking” decision to work with dictator Bashar Assad on earthquake relief.
A former deputy prime minister of Turkey and longtime ally to Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested on Monday that the nation should consider delaying this year’s presidential election in light of the country struggling to deal with the fallout from last week’s series of massive earthquakes.
