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Earthquake in Pakistan and Afghanistan leaves several dead – BBC News

At least 13 people have been killed and more than 200 injured after a powerful earthquake shook large parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan. The 6.5-magnitude quake damaged buildings, triggered landslides and sent people running into the streets. It struck on Tuesday evening, centred in a mountainous region in Afghanistan’s north-east near the border with Pakistan. Tremors from the remote Jurm valley were felt as far…

Turkey earthquake: UK engineers investigate ‘inferior’ building materials – BBC News

A UK team of structural and civil engineers is traveling to the earthquake zone in Turkey to assess why so many buildings collapsed. Turkish engineers have provided them with proof of inferior building materials being used in the construction of some buildings – including pebbles from nearby rivers. The team will produce a report in a matter of weeks, designed to improve seismic safety once…

Why did Syria earthquake aid take so long? – BBC News

The UN’s delay in delivering aid to Syrian victims of last month’s earthquake has been criticised. Legal experts have said the UN did not need to wait for permission to enter from the Syrian government or the Security Council and could have applied a broader interpretation of international law. It took a week before the UN got approval from Syria’s president to open extra border…

New tremors add to misery in quake-affected Turkey, Syria

At least six people have been killed and more than 200 people injured after magnitude 6.3 and 5.8 earthquakes hit southern Turkey and across the border in Syria, two weeks after two powerful quakes killed tens of thousands of people and devastated vast swaths of the region. Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride, reporting from Defne in Turkey’s Hatay province – hit by the magnitude 6.3 quake…

New 6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes southern Turkey, trapping people under rubble – BBC News

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has struck southern Turkey, weeks after a deadly quake devastated the region. Turkey’s disaster and emergency agency Afad said the tremor occurred at 20.04 local time (17.04 GMT). Witnesses told the Reuters news agency there had been further damage to buildings in Antakya. A 7.8-magnitude quake struck the region on 6 February, killing more than 44,000 people in Turkey and Syria….

New Turkey earthquake traps people under rubble – BBC News

Rescuers are once again searching for people trapped under rubble in Turkey after another earthquake hit the country, killing at least six people. It comes two weeks after massive earthquakes flattened much of the region and killed more than 46,000 people in Turkey and Syria. On Monday a 6.4-magnitude tremor struck near the city of Antakya, near the border with Syria, where massive quakes devastated…

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