After the Istanbul and Balıkesir quakes, what's next? Professor Üşümezsoy says Istanbul's major risk has passed, but warns of ...

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck western Turkiye’s Balikesir province, shaking homes, collapsing buildings, and tragically ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook Istanbul and other areas of Turkey on Wednesday, prompting widespread panic and scores of injuries in the city of 16 ...

In 1999, a 7.4-magnitude quake claimed 17,000 lives and last year Turkey's environment minister warned that Istanbul did not have the capacity to withstand another one.

İSTANBUL, Türkiye — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook Istanbul and other areas on Wednesday, Turkey’s disaster and emergency management agency said. There were no ...

The earthquake had a shallow depth of 10 kilometers (about 6 miles), according to the United States Geological Survey, with its epicenter about 40 kilometers (25 miles) southwest of Istanbul, in ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook Istanbul and other areas of Turkey on Wednesday, prompting widespread panic and scores of injuries in the city of 16 million people, though ...

The quake started at 12:49 p.m. Wednesday, a public holiday, when many children were out of school and celebrating in the streets of Istanbul.

“The life here is finished,” Ciftsuren, 74, declared. His family was caught in a double crisis: Istanbul, much like Los Angeles, is facing a severe housing shortage and extreme earthquake risk.

Far away, in Turkey's largest city, Istanbul, people are wondering if they, too, are at risk. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that earthquake preparedness has become both a safety issue and a political ...