New Jersey Still Rattling and Shaking Two Months After 4.8 Quake
TRENTON, NJ — Several months after a significant 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck near Tewksbury Township in New Jersey, residents continue to experience a series of smaller aftershocks that are keeping the region…
Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes Pahala, Hawaii – USGS
(Reuters) -A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the small town of Pahala on the Big Island of Hawaii on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake, revised from an initial magnitude…
Philippine quake aftershocks force thousands to stay in evacuation centres
MANILA (Reuters) – Strong aftershocks from an earthquake that has killed at least three people and a new tremor in southern Philippines are forcing thousands of residents to stay in evacuation centres,…
US Treasury’s Yellen pledges support for Morocco’s quake recovery efforts
By David Lawder MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday said her government, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)and the World Bank would support Morocco’s earthquake rebuilding efforts, praising…
Bond quake sees doubling down on the shadows :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) -The expanding shadows of private credit seem an odd place to lurk if central banks’ ‘higher-for-longer’ mantra on interest rates suggests they keep things tight until something…
Many in Marrakech sleep outdoors for second night after Morocco quake
By Jihed Abidellaoui and Alexander Cornwell MARRAKECH (Reuters) – Families in Marrakech huddled into the early hours of Sunday, spending a second night on the streets as Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more…
Turkey quake contributed to $43 billion in H1 insurance losses – Munich Re
BERLIN (Reuters) – A deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria as well as tornadoes and hailstorms in the United States contributed to losses covered by insurance of $43 billion in the first…
Strong earthquake strikes Alaska peninsula, tsunami warning lifted
(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck the Alaska Peninsula region early on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, and a tsunami warning for nearby regions was issued but…
Exclusive-Iran exploits quake relief mission to fly weapons to Syria -sources
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi, James Mackenzie and Parisa Hafezi AMMAN (Reuters) – Iran has used earthquake relief flights to bring weapons and military equipment into its strategic ally Syria, nine Syrian, Iranian, Israeli…
Donations and despair: Syria’s north-west tries to rebuild after quake
By Khalil Ashawi and Timour Azhari JANDARIS, Syria (Reuters) – Hussein Mankawi has little hope he will ever rebuild his home and food distribution businesses in the north-west Syrian city of Jandaris…
Syria’s war shattered their lives, Turkey’s quake crushed their hopes
By Maya Gebeily GAZIANTEP, Turkey (Reuters) – After surviving a chemical attack in Syria, Douaa Idris, her husband and two children fled across the border to southern Turkey where they painstakingly rebuilt…
Turkey’s quake toll tops 48,000 as govt races to build container cities
ANKARA (Reuters) – The death toll in Turkey from last month’s major earthquakes has risen to 48,448, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Monday, as authorities rush to set up container cities…
Syria quake aid blocked from parts of Aleppo province, Amnesty says
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian government and Turkey-backed rebel forces have blocked more than 100 trucks carrying humanitarian aid from entering two zones in Aleppo province hit by last month’s deadly earthquake,…
Turks ask how a boom town came crashing down in quake
By Can Sezer and Jonathan Spicer NURDAGI, Turkey (Reuters) – Almost every apartment tower in Nurdagi collapsed or was shattered beyond repair in last month’s earthquake in Turkey – and people are…
Turkish manufacturing activity barely grows in February as quake disrupts production
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish factory activity expanded very slightly in February as massive earthquakes impacted the sector as some firms suspended production resulting in a slowdown in output and orders, a business…
Syria’s White Helmets ‘answering all calls’ to save lives after quake
By Khalil Ashawi and Timour Azhari JANDARIS, Syria (Reuters) – As an excavator claws at the shattered remains of yet another home in Syria’s rebel-held northwest, Abdel Qader Abdelrahman surveys the debris…
U.N. aid chief says world must remember those displaced by quake in Turkey and Syria
Kahramanmaras (Reuters) – UN aid chief Martin Griffiths appealed on Saturday to remember thousands of people who needed shelter and food while rescuers kept searching for survivors of the devastating earthquake that…
Turkish woman dies day after her rescue following 104 hours under quake rubble
KIRIKHAN, Turkey (Reuters) – A woman died in hospital on Saturday a day after she was pulled out of the rubble of a collapsed building in southern Turkey, where she had been…
In Syrian government areas, quake survivors and rescuers struggle
LATAKIA, Syria (Reuters) – The last thing Nuhad Dawoud heard before his home collapsed on top of him was the sound of his wife praying as the walls of their home shook…
Quake forces Syrian family from Aleppo home after surviving war
ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) – Masoud Douba did not abandon his home over years of bombardment in the Bustan al-Basha district on the frontline of Syria’s Aleppo but Monday’s earthquake forced his family…
Analysis-Turkey’s quake response could shape tough election for Erdogan
By Orhan Coskun and Birsen Altayli ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s deadliest earthquake in a generation has handed President Tayyip Erdogan a huge rescue and reconstruction challenge which will overshadow the run-up to…
Turkey’s lira hits record low but rebounds after quake, stocks slip
LONDON (Reuters) – Turkey’s lira briefly dipped to a record low and its main stock market fell 1.35% on Monday as a major earthquake added to pressures from a strong dollar and…
People urged to move to high ground after quake near Solomon Islands
SYDNEY (Reuters) – People are advised to move to higher ground immediately, said a spokesperson for the Solomon Islands’ prime minister after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the region near the islands.…
Powerful quake hits Papua New Guinea, at least 4 dead
By Praveen Menon (Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck eastern Papua New Guinea on Sunday killing at least four people, injuring others and damaging property and essential infrastructure. The quake hit…
Marketmind: Bond quake
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan With everyone watching Wyoming, global bond markets have shuddered again this week even as stock markets stabilised. Whatever…
Global markets quake as central banks grow more hawkish
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed, Tom Westbrook and Dhara Ranasinghe NEW YORK – Expectations for how drastically central banks need to tighten monetary policy to fight soaring inflation have taken another leap higher,…
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