According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the 3.8-magnitude earthquake southeast of York Harbor, Maine, could be felt in at ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 struck northwestern Turkey’s Bursa province today, according to the Disaster and ...

The high death toll at the time was due in part to building safety regulations being ignored. In 2004, a 12-storey apartment building collapsed in Konya, claiming the lives of 92 people and injuring ...

State-run media says rescuers have pulled the bodies of a 23-year-old woman and a man believed to be her husband from under a ...

The collapse comes amid renewed focus on building safety following the deaths of 78 people in a fire that ripped through a 12 ...

Officials say rescuers are battling to reach two people trapped under a collapsed apartment building in central Turkey ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A search and rescue operation was underway in central Turkey on Friday after a four-story building collapsed, trapping at least five people inside, officials said.

Officials say a waitress who jumped out of a burning hotel at a popular ski resort has succumbed to her injuries ...

Negligence played a role in the deaths of 78 people who perished when a huge fire gutted a luxury ski resort hotel in northern Turkey this week, an expert has told AFP.

Tuesday's fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Kartalkaya left at least 79 people dead and 51 injured, happening during a ...

Authorities on the eastern Greek island of Lesbos ordered schools in part of the island to close on Wednesday so they can be ...

A lurch in the Earth’s tectonic plates can wreak havoc at any time – as we’ve just seen in Vanuatu. How do scientists measure ...