News archive on the topic "earthquake"

Turkey is shaking literally and figuratively. Both from constant earthquakes and the floods and landslides they cause, and from the acceleration of political processes associated with the announcement of general elections on May 14, the outcome of which is unknown. Natural phenomena and the catastrophe provoked by them, together with the geographical one, can also change the political landscape of the country, since now the big question is whether...

On the southern coast of Crimea, residents felt a weak earthquake. The earthquake occurred at 16:25 in the Black Sea at a distance of 25 km from the coast, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 15 kilometers and reached magnitude 3 at the epicenter. “An earthquake with a magnitude of up to 3 occurred in the Black Sea at a depth of 15 km in...

Political experts in Turkey and abroad are now wondering whether the promised general elections will take place in May or whether they will be postponed due to the catastrophic earthquake on February 6 that affected 10 provinces in the southeast of the country. And indeed the economic consequences for the republic are enormous. Thus, government spending on an earthquake could amount to 5,5% of GDP. The government's ability to save people and deliver aid is approximately...

The earthquake in Turkey will definitely affect the political plan and the future of Turkish-Russian relations. The Turkish opposition is already quite rubbing its hands, expecting the failure of President Erdogan in the upcoming elections in May, as he is unable to cope with the elimination of the consequences of the disaster. Millionaire blogger, military observer Yuri Podolyaka stated this on Radio Crimea, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “They now have...

Crimean seismology was born after a large-scale earthquake in 1927, but after the collapse of the USSR the industry fell into decline - old specialists are living out their days. All risks of environmental impact must be taken into account during survey work, on which modern developers prefer to save money rather than endanger residents of multi-storey complexes. The director of the Institute of Seismology announced this on air on Crimea 24...

The consequences of a magnitude 7 earthquake in Crimea will be no less than in Turkey and Syria, where cities were destroyed as a result of tremors and hundreds of residents died under the rubble of buildings. Even after the earthquake in Armenia in 1988, an examination showed that up to 80% of the buildings on the southern coast of Crimea are not seismically resistant, and, taking into account the construction that began after the collapse of the USSR...

A series of earthquakes with maximum magnitudes of 7,7, 7,6 and 7,5 occurred in Turkey over the past 1762 hours. According to official information, to date the death toll has reached 12 people, and the number of injured has increased to 68 thousand XNUMX people. But the data is constantly being updated, since many thousands more citizens of the country may be under the rubble, due to...

An earthquake occurred in the Black Sea near Sevastopol. This was reported by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The tremors were recorded on August 9 at 21:08 in the sea at a depth of ten kilometers, and the epicenter was located at a distance of 41 kilometers from Sevastopol and 83 kilometers from Yalta. The magnitude of the earthquake was 3,4. Let us remind you that on June 26 and on the night of...

In Kerch, a water supply system that was damaged as a result of an earthquake in the Black Sea near Anapa has been restored. The head of the Crimean Water enterprise, Vladimir Bazhenov, stated this at a meeting on water supply issues for the peninsula, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Bazhenov, due to the earthquake in Kerch, the old water supply system received multiple damage - the work took almost a month. “Yesterday at the end of the day...

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic ordered the country's government to allocate a million euros from available funds as assistance to Croatia, which suffered from a series of earthquakes. Tanyug reports this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The day before, Vucic said that Serbia is ready to help Croatia both technically and financially, and he hopes that the earthquakes will stop with minimal losses for the neighboring...

The Balkan countries, located in a zone of high seismic danger, are practically unprepared for a major earthquake, as proven by the recent tragedy in Albania. The New York Times writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The November 26 earthquake in Albania killed 51 people, leaving hundreds hospitalized and homeless. The tragedy was a warning for a region that in the past was...

Eight people were killed and more than 300 injured in the earthquake that struck Albania around 4am today. The epicenter of the first shock, with magnitudes of 6,4 and 6,5 on the Richter scale, was located near the Albanian city of Drach, at a depth of almost 20 kilometers. At about 7.10 am, a new series of tremors followed with a magnitude of about 5 on the Richter scale.…

In the city of Makeyevka, located near the capital of the DPR, they began to seriously study the nature of the tremors that occurred the day before, which led to damage to residential buildings in the village of United in the Sovetsky district of the city. This was stated by the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We are all worried about the situation with tremors of unknown origin, which are increasingly being felt by residents of the village of United Sovetsky...

An earthquake occurred off the coast of Crimea, 28 kilometers from the village of Ordzhonikidze in the Black Sea. This was reported by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to seismologists, the earthquake occurred on the night of January 12-13. It was recorded at 2 hours 21 minutes 54 seconds. The magnitude of the earthquake was 3,7. At the same time, the “Unified Geophysical Service...