Earthquakes

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who came to power after a poor earthquake response in 1999, assured the Turkish people that the upcoming May Presidential election will go on as planned. While Erdogan has admitted to a lack of adequate response, it is clouded with a consistent re-emphasis on the…

In his presidential campaign in 2019, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan raved about laws he passed that forgive property owners for not updating construction codes. These same codes are said to have possibly alleviated some of the toll that the recent earthquake took on Turkish infrastructure, and…

Since 1939, this has been Turkey’s most powerful earthquake disaster and its deadliest since 1999. The death toll has exceeded 25,00, and in northwestern Syria, rescue efforts are ending. Criticism has been directed towards the international community for not providing enough aid or equipment to…

The Turkish Presidential election is occurring in May, and current President Tayyip Erdogan's odds will be significantly influenced by his response to the catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey earlier this week. Interestingly enough, he came to power in 1999 after a poor government earthquake…

The San Andreas fault in California is capable of similar activity to the East Anatolian fault that caused the Turkey-Syrian Earthquake earlier this week. Following the earthquakes in the 1980s and 1990s, some Californian cities have retrofitted or destroyed problematic buildings. However, not all…

On February 6, 2023, a series of powerful earthquakes shook northern and western Syria as well as southern and central Turkey. The number of fatalities in Turkey alone reached 17,674 as of today, making it the country's deadliest earthquake since 1939. Following the deadly earthquake, Turkey's…

Gary Robbins — Los Angeles Times A 4.9 earthquake struck Friday evening at 6:53 PM near Anza in Riverside County in Southern California. The quake was felt strongly in San Diego County, and even felt in downtown Los Angeles and other areas of LA County and the Inland Empire. The quake erupted…

Structural engineers are a type of civil engineers that are specialized in understanding the stability of any structures, like the framework of buildings and bridges. Structural engineers have a particular role in the context of emergency preparedness and disaster response - at the scene of a…

According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a 7.7 magnitude major earthquake struck at 2:10 pm E.T on Jan. 28 in the Caribbean Sea and specifically in the area south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica. The earthquake was felt by people in Jamaica, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and Miami, Florida. A…

The increasing rates of earthquakes along the Ridgecrest area is believed to be a factor in the recent movements on the Garlock fault, rejecting the U.S. Geological Survey’s previous prediction that the Ridgecrest earthquakes were unlikely to affect other area faults. This is an important reminder…

On October 17th, the 30th anniversary of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake,  California Governor Gavin Newsom introduces the launch of the first statewide earthquake early warning app, MyShake. Like ShakeAlertLA, a Los Angeles-exclusive app, MyShake gathers information from a network of seismic…

According to an analysis of the recent earthquakes in Southern California by seismologists,another earthquake is expected to hit Southern California in the next 2 weeks.This third earthquake is expected to be of a larger magnitude and bring more destruction relative to the prior ones. To read…