Earthquake
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Newyork
How Earthquakes Test Our Souls and Our Governments
In every life there are a few indelible dates: the birth of a child, the death of a parent, a national tragedy such as 9/11. An indelible date for me is Sept. 19, 1985. I was an 11-year-old boy living in Mexico City, in a car on my way to school, a ...
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World
Erdogan’s Election Hopes Could Hinge on Earthquake Response
The devastating earthquake in Turkey poses a significant test of governance for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is fighting for his political future just months before an election in May that could reshape the country. Mr. Erdogan swept into ...
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World
Time is running out to find survivors.
A woman was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building 22 hours after an earthquake leveled parts of Turkey and Syria, the Turkish state news media service Anadolu Agency reported early Tuesday. More than 16,000 rescuers were engaged in a search ...
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World
Monday’s quake is one of the deadliest this century. The toll is expected to rise.
The death toll in Turkey and Syria after Monday’s earthquake rose quickly to about 4,500 and is expected to increase significantly as rescuers reach devastated cities and towns, making the temblor one of the deadliest in the 21st century. The current ...
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World
How strong is a magnitude-7.8 quake?
A quake that struck a densely-populated part of southeastern Turkey and that was felt as far away as Israel and Cyprus was strong and shallow enough to be lethal on a devastating scale, seismologists fear. Authorities in Syria and Turkey said at ...
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World
An Earthquake Took a Heavy Toll on Children. Shoddy Construction Could Be to Blame.
Like most other children across Indonesia, Dewi Hani, 4, typically spent her afternoons studying at an Islamic school. She had been learning to ...
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World
Powerful Earthquake Kills Dozens in Indonesia
BANGKOK — A strong earthquake struck Indonesia’s main island, Java, on Monday, killing dozens of people and injuring hundreds more, officials ...