Powerful earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria, causing thousands of deaths in Turkey’s worst seismic event in decades. WSJ explains why the meeting of three tectonic plates under the region mean there may be more earthquakes along the fault lines. News Explainers Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the … [Read more...]
Trapped people in Turkey earthquake film themselves in plea for help
Trapped people in Turkey earthquake film themselves in plea for help. A second earthquake struck Turkey just hours after a massive 7.8 magnitude tremor struck the same region, killing at least 1,500 people. The epicentre of the first quake was in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, with much of the devastation centred along the border region, where hundreds of thousands of … [Read more...]