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Earthquakes kill over 2,000 in Afghanistan. People are freeing the dead and injured with their hands

A Taliban government spokesperson says the death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan has jumped to more than 2,000

The Independent UK

Death toll from earthquakes in Afghan exceeds 2,000 people

The death toll from powerful earthquakes in western Afghanistan has exceeded 2,000 people, with another over 9,000 people have been injured. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Over 2000 Killed In Devastating Earthquakes In Afghanistan

Taliban reports massive casualties as rescue efforts intensify

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Afghanistan earthquake death toll rises to more than 2,400, says govt spokesman

The death toll from a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan rose sharply again Sunday to at least 2,445 as rescuers scrabbled for survivors among the ruins of razed villages.

France 24

Death toll from Afghan quakes rises to 'more than 2,000'

The death toll from a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan rose sharply Sunday to more than 2,000 as rescuers scrabbled for survivors among the ruins of villages razed to the ground.

Radio France Internationale

Two 6.3-magnitude earthquakes kill dozens and injure many more in western Afghanistan

The Taliban say a strong earthquake with several aftershocks has dozens in western Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Over 2,000 feared dead after powerful earthquakes hit Afghanistan

Images shared by Afghan journalists showed at least one village reduced to rubble after a series of quakes flattened stone and mudbrick homes in the country's west.

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Afghanistan earthquakes leave at least ‘2,000 dead’, says Taliban

The UN is yet to verify the death toll

Evening Standard

100 killed, 500 injured as magnitude 6.3 quakes hit western Afghanistan

Two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan on Saturday, the country's national disaster authority said.

France 24

Europe's largest natural gas field to close after decades of earthquakes

The Netherlands has announced the closure of the Groningen gas field, where extraction has been blamed for earthquakes that have severely damaged homes and other nearby buildings. Also in this edition: the UK awards its top defence firm a £4 billion contract to build nuclear submarines, and Chinese craft brewers…

France 24

Day of the Dead ofrendas honor earthquake victims, murdered women in Pilsen museum exhibit

The National Museum of Mexican art is featuring its 37th annual Día de Muertos exhibition.

Chicago Sun-Times

Earthquakes and other natural hazards are a risk everywhere – here's how people are preparing in the US and around the world

Disasters can happen anywhere.

The Conversation

NDRF imparts training to APSDRF personnel on rescue techniques during calamities

NDRF 10th Battalion imparting training to APSDRF on life-saving techniques during calamities. 40 personnel from across State undergoing ToT programme. Training focusses on operating equipment, rescuing victims, CPR awareness, saving lives in canals/rivers, rescuing during earthquakes/landslides. SDRF personnel seen climbing tower, operating cutters, learning CPR. Trainers to train remaining force…

The Hindu

Why the earth quakes – a closer look at what's going on under the ground

Earthquakes, large and small, happen every single day along zones that wrap around the world like seams on a baseball. Most don’t bother anybody, so they don’t make the news. But every now and then a catastrophic earthquake hits people somewhere in the world with horrific destruction and immense suffering.

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The Hindu

Study traces Turkey quake to interrupted ‘chat’ between fault lines

A new paper in Science used kinematic slip inversion and fault-property modelling to find that the Turkey-Syria earthquake could be traced to a seismic cascade over the east and the north Anatolian fault lines, and that these lines had also been in constant dialogue through the exchange of stress.

The Hindu

What caused Morocco’s earthquake? A geologist studying the Atlas mountains explains

The epicentre of Morocco’s devastating earthquake on 8 September was in the High Atlas Mountains, about 71km south-west of Marrakesh

The Independent UK

Strange ‘earthquake lights’ spotted above Morocco moments before devastating tremors remain a mystery

Studying the flashing lights that seem to occur just before quakes is tough due to unpredictability of tremors

The Conversation

Morocco earthquake: experts explain why buildings couldn’t withstand the force of the 6.8 magnitude quake

As locals continue to mourn the loss of more than 2,100 people, a mammoth search and rescue effort is underway in quake-struck Morocco.

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What caused Morocco's earthquake? A geologist studying the Atlas mountains explains

The epicentre of Morocco’s devastating earthquake on 8 September was in the High Atlas Mountains, about 71km south-west of Marrakesh. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, asked Jesús Galindo-Zaldivar, who has been carrying out research on the formation of the Atlas mountains and the geology of the area, about the…

Al Jazeera

Powerful earthquakes that have hit Morocco

The September 8 earthquake is Morocco’s deadliest in more than 60 years.

The Conversation

Morocco's earthquake wasn't unexpected – building codes must plan for them

More than 2,000 people died when a powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Morocco on 8 September. The epicentre was in the High Atlas Mountains, 71km (44 miles) south-west of Marrakesh. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, asked José A. Peláez, a professor in geophysics who has carried out research on…

France 24

Morocco earthquake: 'It's rare to have such large earthquakes in this area'

On Friday evening, Morocco was hit by a magnitude 7 earthquake in the province of Al-Haouz, killing more than 2,000 people. While the seismic risk in this region was known, an earthquake of this magnitude was “unforeseeable”. FRANCE 24 talks with seismologist Florent Brenguier.

Al Jazeera

Morocco earthquake death toll: Live tracker

More than 2,900 people have died in Moroccos’s deadliest earthquake in more than 60 years.

The Independent UK

Government report flags risk to schools from earthquakes – but not crumbling concrete

Exclusive: Risk register also warns schools could face disruption from a loss of drinking water, high and low temperatures and snow

Newsroom.co.nz

The importance of dispute resolution mechanisms when disaster strikes

The Christchurch earthquakes were traumatic but it was the delay in resolving insurance claims that made people feel they couldn't get on with their lives. Those affected by the Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabrielle must feel the same with managed retreat, writes Lianne Dalziel

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