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Rescuers searching through the rubble of buildings destroyed in an earthquake in Myanmar
Image: Myanmar Fire Services Department/Handout/Anadolu/picture alliance

Earthquakes

There are about 500,000 detectable earthquakes every year — 90% are in the Pacific Ring of Fire. But the most seismic region is the Alpide belt, which runs east from the Mediterranean to Turkey, Iran and northern India.

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Can animals predict volcanic eruptions and earthquakes?

Can animals predict volcanic eruptions and earthquakes?

Researchers are studying goats and farms animals to check if they can sense impending natural disasters.
ScienceMay 26, 202513:37 min
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Living with earthquakes: Lessons from resilient countries

Living with earthquakes: Lessons from resilient countries

DW takes a look at countries showing that preparation is what matters when it comes to earthquakes.
ScienceApril 28, 2025
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Myanmar earthquake: How Mandalay looks a month on

Myanmar earthquake: How Mandalay looks a month on

It's almost a month since the devastating earthquake in Myanmar claimed the lives of at least 3,700 people.
CatastropheApril 25, 202501:04 min
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Fact check: Fake videos falsely linked to Turkey earthquake

Fact check: Fake videos falsely linked to Turkey earthquake

After the earthquake in Turkey, a large number of videos are circulating online. Which ones are real and which are fake?
CatastropheApril 24, 2025
Earthquakes have been occurring in different regions of Africa for long

Should Africa be worried about earthquakes?

Should Africa be worried about earthquakes?

In Africa, fault lines stretching across the continent pose earthquake risks, yet preparedness remains low.
ScienceApril 19, 2025
Tents and medical facilities in an open field for people displaced by the March 28 earthquake in Myanmar

Myanmar quake relief hampered by lack of aid, airstrikes

Myanmar quake relief hampered by lack of aid, airstrikes

Myanmar's strongest earthquake since 1912 has left thousands homeless, complicating relief efforts amid a civil war.
ConflictsApril 16, 2025
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Online, AI-generated videos and misleading images are falsely depicting the fallout of the recent earthquake in Myanmar.
PoliticsApril 2, 2025
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Santorini prepares for earthquake

A series of earthquakes has caused residents and tourists to flee Santorini, a Greek island in the Aegean Sea.
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Earthquake shakes Vanuatu, causing foreign embassies to collapse

Vanuatu is assessing the damage of a 7.3 magnitude earthquake that shook the Pacific island nation.
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Seismic shift: Is India disappearing under China?

India and China’s border dispute is a long one. The countries’ shared tectonic plates are not helping matters.
ScienceNovember 11, 2024
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World Risk Report: Where are natural disasters most common?

The 2024 World Risk Report is out, highlighting how to protect the countries most at risk from natural disasters.
CatastropheSeptember 9, 2024
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Would another earthquake reroute the Ganges River?

An earthquake 2,500 years ago rerouted the River Ganges and changed the landscape of Bangladesh. Could it happen again?
ScienceJune 24, 2024
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