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Earthquake
17 posts
Turkey-Syria earthquake: a seismologist explains what just happened
An extremely large earthquake has occurred in the southeast of Turkey, near the border with Syria. Data from…
2023-02-06
What To Do Before, During & After An Earthquake
Developments in data science are now paving the way to what in the past is deemed impossible —…
2019-04-25
What Would An Earthquake-Proof City Look Like?
Earthquakes don’t kill people (generally), collapsing buildings do – meaning it is cities where the most lives can…
2018-01-22
How A City In Chile Recovered From Devastation
Five years on from the 2010 earthquake, Gideon Long revisits the city flattened by a tsunami to find…
2015-09-17
Christchurch As A Modern 21st Century Lab
Following the disastrous earthquakes that have rendered the city centre of Christchurch, New Zealand uninhabitable, the city…
2015-05-04
Rushing To Nepal To Help? Read First.
You may want to help victims of the earthquake, but they don’t need unskilled volunteers or aid they…
2015-04-29
They Cannot Just Walk Away
In times past, it may take hours, days, and even weeks to spread the tragedy wrought by the…
2015-04-27
NEPAL EARTHQUAKE : WHERE TO DONATE
A list of some of the groups soliciting donations for relief efforts in Nepal: American Jewish World Service: ajws.org…
2015-04-27
In An Already Troubled Nepal, Despair Emerges
Her home and village near the earthquake’s epicenter were destroyed, her grandfather was killed, and no one from…
2015-04-27
Nepal Earthquake Poses Challenge To International Aid Agencies
International aid agencies and governments mobilized on Sunday to respond to the earthquake in Nepal, saying they faced…
2015-04-27
Death Toll Rises Above 3000
At least 3,326 people are now known to have died in a massive earthquake which hit Nepal on…
2015-04-27
The Fallen Historic Landmarks Of Nepal
When the earthquake hit, many of Nepal’s most renowned pagodas in and around Kathmandu crumbled into rubble-covered stumps.…
2015-04-27
Incredible Stress And Challenges For Rescue Heroes
Nepal’s disaster responders in Saturday’s magnitude-7.8 earthquake have quickly become unsung heroes. Aid agencies and the United Nations…
2015-04-27
Not Prepared Enough For Realities In Nepal
In a tragic echo of the catastrophic events in Haiti in 2010, a powerful earthquake struck one of…
2015-04-27
Nepal Quake Was A Nightmare Waiting To Happen
Major earthquakes hit Nepal on 75-year cycle, but poverty, crowded populations and poor construction mean death tolls will…
2015-04-27
Building For Earthquake Resilience
Base isolation is seismic engineering’s equivalent of seatbelts in cars – and maybe more: it’s a lifesaver and…
2015-03-18
Christchurch In Pictures : Life After A Devastating Earthquake
Christchurch-based Danny Squires is director of Space Craft Systems and co-founder of WikiHouse/NZ, a global project aiming to make…
2015-01-29