Turkey has experienced several deadly earthquakes in recent years. A video shared on Facebook claims that a 7.9 magnitude ...

Officials say rescuers are battling to reach two people trapped under a collapsed apartment building in central Turkey ...

The high death toll at the time was due in part to building safety regulations being ignored. In 2004, a 12-storey apartment ...

Rescuers pulled the body of a 23-year-old woman from under a collapsed apartment building in central Turkey on Saturday, state-run media said, as efforts continued to find ...

Rescuers pulled the bodies of a 23-year-old woman and a man believed to be her husband from under a collapsed apartment ...

Negligence played a role in the deaths of 78 people who perished when a huge fire gutted a luxury ski resort hotel in ...

The fire in Turkey’s Kartalkaya area started on the restaurant floor of the Grand Kartal Hotel, authorities said.

The preliminary damage assessment maps provided by LA County feature color-coded icons indicating whether a building, including homes and businesses, was destroyed, whether it sustained major or ...

To comply with regulations regarding safety during the ever-present danger from earth tremors and earthquakes, buildings of this category were constructed using wooden frames, plywood floors ...

The major earthquakes in Java and Sumatra in 2006, 2007, and 2009, have led scientists, engineers, and government authorities to enhance Indonesia’s standards for seismic-resistant buildings and ...

AT LEAST 126 people have died after a devastating earthquake ripped through one of Tibet’s holiest cities. The 7.1 magnitude quake destroyed “many buildings” in Shigatse injuring 130 and ...

(L-R) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Benjamin Netanyahu seen over flags of Turkey and Israel, respectively (illustrative) (photo credit: FLASH90/CANVA, REUTERS, SHUTTERSTOCK) The tumultuous ...