Rescue workers need to be swift to assess where they are most ... Buildings like these are quick to collapse in an earthquake but their light weight and low height can give people a relatively good ...

with rescue operations "basically over". Authorities in Gansu province, the centre of the 6.2-magnitude earthquake, made the assessment on Wednesday as the death toll from the disaster stood at ...

Kenia Fallat, a spokeswoman for the city of Miami, said Miami Fire Rescue responded to three calls about the earthquake on ...

But as the rescue operations wind down, the focus turns to recovery - and of reckoning with the situation. Thousands of buildings collapsed during the earthquake, raising questions about whether ...

On December 22, 1988, President Reagan spoke with poise to the rescue workers of the Armenian Earthquake.

In the middle of the rescue, there was a magnitude 3.2 earthquake. Singson says the hunters felt it, but he was so focused on the dogs, he didn’t notice anything until he got to the surface.

Thousands of people have been killed after a massive earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday. A search and rescue operation is under way, with specialist teams arriving from around the world.

On December 28, 1908, at approximately 5:20am, Europe's most powerful earthquake shook southern Italy. Centered in the Messina Strait, which separates Sicily from Calabria, the quake's magnitude ...

Aftershocks of 7+ magnitude hampered rescue efforts today. This area of Turkey is prone to earthquakes as it lies at the intersection of three of the tectonic plates that make up the Earth’s ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Over 72 hours after a deadly earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, rescuers are still finding survivors in the rubble. The death toll has surpassed 20,000 people.

The earthquake was also followed by more than 200 aftershocks - smaller quakes - which made search search and rescue efforts difficult and authorities expect there to be more aftershocks in the ...

The city government of Hakui said a man in his 70s was confirmed killed in a collapsed house, one of 10 buildings that fell in the earthquake. Search and rescue operations are under way.