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6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes northwestern Turkey
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey’s northwestern Balikesir province on Sunday, causing around a dozen buildings to ...
Western Turkey Is Hit by Earthquake but Avoids Major Damage
Rescue efforts were continuing after the 6.1-magnitude temblor struck in a region that is crisscrossed by fault lines.
Houston Cougars to play Mississippi State in exhibition basketball at Fort Bend County Epicenter
The University of Houston men's basketball team will play Mississippi State on Oct. 26 as part of an exhibition doubleheader ...
Where is Kamchatka, the Russian region that was the epicenter of the earthquake that has put the Pacific on alert?
The peninsula is located in eastern Russia, very close to Alaska. It lies within the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a common ...
In Texas Hill Country flooding epicenter, rebuilding process means more than just construction
More than 130 people were killed in raging floodwaters one month ago. Ex-Fox News Host Confirmed by Senate in 50-45 Vote ...
What to know about earthquakes in the Northeast
The recent, small earthquakes that rattled the New York metro area serve as a reminder that seismic activity does occur in ...
In Kamchatka, Epicenter of the Russian Earthquake, Seismic Activity Is Common
Tremors are regularly reported in this remote Russian peninsula dotted with volcanoes, some of which erupt every year.
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City buildings would be vulnerable in the rare event of a moderate earthquake
Roughly 60% of the city’s buildings were constructed before 1940, well before the city updated its building codes in 1995 to ...
California, epicenter of nation’s housing crisis, finally getting a housing agency
Aside from giving housing and homelessness its own box atop Gov. Gavin Newsom’s organizational chart, the reorg is supposed to simplify the state’s snarled affordable housing financing system.