Two major earthquakes - measuring 7.8 and 7.5 on ... building standards on new builds," says Prof Alexander. The BBC's Middle East Correspondent, Tom Bateman, spoke to people in the southern ...

which was destroyed during the 526 earthquake in Antioch, by artist Louis Francois Cassas (Public domain) The Middle East has suffered a large number of quakes across the centuries, including some ...

Even before the earthquake the situation in much of the ... However, BBC Monitoring's Hesham Shawish, a Middle East specialist, says this is not enough to deal with the scale of the destruction.

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Cuba on Sunday, causing material damage in several regions as the island continues to recover from widespread blackouts and the impact of ...

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On the West Coast, earthquakes often come from movement along the boundaries of tectonic plates. The East Coast, however, is ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

The fears of the people of the Levant that one day the earth will give way beneath their feet are well-founded and the region is completely unprepared, experts say ...

An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 on the Richter scale jolted Afghanistan on Monday, according to the National Centre of ...