EARTHQUAKE: This aftershock follows the “very strong” earthquake which frightened the population of a large part of the west of the country on Friday evening, without causing major damage according to the authorities The Earth shook. A second time. In France. A magnitude 5 aftershock was felt in the early hours of Saturday in Deux-Sèvres, after a first tremor on Friday […]
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The earthquake, with an epicentre halfway between La Rochelle and Niort, was felt from Bordeaux to Saint-Malo It was 6:38 p.m. when the building began to shake. A slight ripple cast a silence in our little editorial office. In the heat and humidity of a Friday evening, the earth shook in Rennes. The Breton capital is not […]
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EARTHQUAKE: No human or material damage was immediately reported. Authorities have not issued a tsunami warning either. A 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocked northern Japan on Sunday, according to the US Geological Institute (USGS), with no apparent damage or casualties or triggering a tsunami warning from authorities. The earthquake struck 123 kilometres deep at 6:55 p.m. local time (0955 […]
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CONTESTATION: Since the February 6th earthquake that killed more than 44,000 people in Turkey, the government has been strongly criticized for its lack of reaction “Government, resign! chanted thousands of supporters of Istanbul’s Besiktas team in the Inonu stadium on Sunday evening during the league game against Antalyaspor, nearly three weeks after the devastating earthquake in southeastern Turkey. These Besiktas […]
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CATASTROPHE: Hopes of finding survivors from the earthquake fade as the hours pass The days pass and the number of deceased people increases, unfortunately. The death toll from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on the 6th of February has exceeded 41,000, official and medical sources announced on Thursday. While the chances of finding survivors are dwindling, the […]
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CATASTROPHE: Aleyna Ölmez – whose surname in Turkish means “she who does not die” – is one of the few survivors still discovered There is now little hope of finding survivors from the rubble eleven days after the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria. However, a 17-year-old girl was saved on Thursday, noted an AFP journalist. Aleyna Ölmez – whose surname in […]
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SOLIDARITY: Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, asks member states to provide “without delay” aid of 400 million dollars A global call for solidarity. The United Nations has launched an appeal for donations to meet the “tremendous needs” of millions of people deprived of shelter, food and care after the earthquake, whose death toll in Turkey and Syria […]
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The magnitude 2.8 phenomenon occurred less than two weeks after a much stronger earthquake on November 11 in the surrounding area A weak earthquake, of magnitude 2.8, was felt in Ardèche on the night of Saturday to Sunday, less than two weeks after a much more powerful earthquake occurred on November 11th in the vicinity, has been learned from concordant […]
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Shortly before noon, Monday 11th November 2019, an earthquake occurred in the Drôme was felt from Lyon to Montpellier without causing major damage. Four people were wounded, one of them seriously, in a strong earthquake on Monday 11th November 2019 shortly before noon near Montélimar (Drôme), and felt from Lyon to Montpellier without causing major damage. An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on […]
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A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit the province of East-Azerbaijan, northwest of Iran, on the night of Thursday 7th to Friday 8th November 2019. Five people were killed and 120 wounded by an earthquake that struck northwestern Iran on the night of Thursday 7th to Friday 8th November 2019, according to information from Iran’s state television. The epicentre of the initial […]
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