earthquakes

A view of a collapsed columnas part of a TAMA 38 renewal project in Kiryat Bialik, on October 24, 2018. (Meir Vaaknin/Flash90)

Housing minister extends urban renewal program, despite no boost to quake readiness

TAMA 38 scheme to reinforce older buildings to withstand earthquakes in towns along Syrian-African rift has been exploited in central Israel, where projects are more lucrative

April 13, 2023, 11:41 pm

Housing minister extends urban renewal program, despite no boost to quake readiness

TAMA 38 scheme to reinforce older buildings to withstand earthquakes in towns along Syrian-African rift has been exploited in central Israel, where projects are more lucrative

By Danielle Nagler

File: Sukarman walks on a flooded pathway outside his house in Timbulsloko, Central Java, Indonesia, July 30, 2022. (AP/Dita Alangkara)

March 1, 2023, 1:43 pm

World not adequately prepared for increasing disasters, UN report says

‘Highly unlikely’ global community will meet 2030 goal to reduce casualties, damage, says International Science Council; floods and storms, exacerbated by climate change, top list

By AFP

Rescue teams in Yeşilyurt. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

February 27, 2023, 4:07 pm

One killed as new quake hits Turkey, toppling more buildings

69 injured as 5.6-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Turkish town of Yesilyurt, weeks after devastating temblor

By AP

Location of a 4.5 magnitude earthquake that struck the Eastern Mediterranean region on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)

February 22, 2023, 12:15 pm

4.5-magnitude tremor felt in Israel amid uptick in seismic activity

Following small quake 48 hours earlier, Geological Institute reports new temblor’s epicenter 81 kilometers northwest of coastal city of Nahariya

By ToI Staff

Children, displaced as a result of the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria earlier this month, play football outside a tent at a make shift camp in Bustan al-Basha neighborhood in the government-held northern city of Aleppo, Syria, on February 20, 2023. (LOUAI BESHARA/AFP)

February 20, 2023, 9:04 pm

Tremor felt across Israel as another quake shakes Turkey-Syria border

6.4-magnitude temblor strikes Hatay, Southern Turkey, triggering tsunami warning; Israel Geological Institute confirms shake recorded shortly after 7 p.m.

By Ash Obel and AFP

An officer walks in front of a collapsed building in Antakya, Turkey, on February 16, 2023, 10 days after a 7.8-magnitude struck the border region of Turkey and Syria. (Yasin AKGUL / AFP)

February 17, 2023, 3:32 am

UN appeals for aid as death toll in Turkey-Syria earthquake passes 41,000

‘The needs are enormous, people are suffering and there’s no time to lose,’ says Antonio Guterres; tremor officially becomes one of 10 deadliest quakes over the past 100 years

By AFP

Rescue teams continue to search for victims and survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria earlier in the week, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 13, 2023. (Ozan Kose/AFP)

February 14, 2023, 5:30 am

Search for survivors winds down as Turkey-Syria quake death toll hits 35,000

Rescue teams turn focus to humanitarian disaster, as international pariah Assad allows more aid to rebel-held areas and estimated 5 million Syrians left homeless

By Fulya Ozerkan, Joris FIORITI and Maher Al Mounes

A man walks over debris of collapsed buildings in Hatay, Turkey, February 11, 2023. (Hussein Malla/AP)

February 13, 2023, 10:03 pm

Knesset committee fails to update earthquake construction framework

Hundreds of thousands of homes and public buildings are at risk, but no agreement reached on making them earthquake safe

By Danielle Nagler

Members of the Knesset Honor Guard, Home Front Command, firefighters, IDF, Israel Police and Magen David Adom Emergency Medical Services participate in an emergency drill simulating an earthquake at the Knesset, Jerusalem, June 13, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

February 13, 2023, 3:12 pm

Israel can expect ‘similar sights’ to Turkey if major quake strikes, official warns

Knesset committee is told that major cities including Jerusalem and Haifa are in danger if disaster hits, chair says state should invest more in preparedness

By Michael Horovitz

Medics and police officers at the scene of a deadly car-ramming terror attack near Ramot Junction in Jerusalem on February 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

February 12, 2023, 1:22 pm

Daily Briefing Feb. 12: Terror attack in Jerusalem; IDF rescues continue in Turkey

Emanuel Fabian on West Bank shooting of Palestinian; Lazar Berman on Turkish president’s performance during the disaster as elections loom, plus — the Super Bowl’s ‘Jangle’

By ToI Staff

A man sits among the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, on February 9, 2023, three days after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southeast Turkey. (Ozan Kose/AFP)

February 9, 2023, 7:11 pm

Turkey-Syria quake death toll nears 20,000 as hopes of finding more survivors dim

16,546 people have died in Turkey and 3,317 in Syria; in potentially life-saving development, aid convoy reaches rebel-held northwestern Syria for 1st time since tremors

By AFP

Local and Israeli rescuers search for people in destroyed buildings in Kahramanmaraş, southern Turkey, February 8, 2023. (Courtesy/Israeli Foreign Ministry)

February 9, 2023, 11:12 am

Turkey-Syria quake toll tops 16,000 as cold compounds misery

Rescuers scramble to get to as many survivors as possible, as 72-hour mark passes; countless people left in uncertainty as relatives trapped under rubble go silent

By AFP and ToI Staff

February 9, 2023, 8:26 am

What to do if an earthquake hits: IDF Home Front Command instructions to public

As tremors continue to shake country for third day after devastating quakes in Syria-Turkey, army says head outside or to fortified rooms if possible, otherwise a stairwell

By ToI Staff

A man reacts, after rescue teams found his father dead under a collapsed building, in Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey, February 8, 2023. (Hussein Malla/AP)

February 8, 2023, 8:36 pm

Erdogan admits ‘shortcomings’ as death toll from Turkey-Syria quake passes 12,000

Turkish leader visits disaster area, vows citizens will be cared for; amid harsh winter, time to save victims running out in both countries

By Agencies

Rescuers search for victims and survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings in Gaziantep, close to the quake's epicenter, a day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast, on February 7, 2023. (Zein Al Rifai/AFP)

February 8, 2023, 8:15 am

‘Waiting for our dead’: Turkey’s slow quake response leaves victims out in the cold

Relatives of people trapped under the rubble dig for their loved ones, with help from local police, as they wait for rescue team to arrive at collapsed building in Gaziantep

By Burcin Gercek