Myanmar's deadly earthquake has raised alarms beyond Southeast Asia. In Africa, fault lines stretching across the continent pose serious risks, yet preparedness remains low.

Africa is not known to have big earthquakes. There have only been four that have measured above 7.0, including a 7.3 event that hit Tanzania in 1910.

More than 2,800 people have died after a powerful earthquake struck the North African country of Morocco on Friday night. Thousands have been injured.

Relief workers are responding to dual disasters in North Africa. The death toll in the Morocco earthquake has topped 2,900 while Libya counts at least 5,300 killed in catastrophic flooding.

04/19/2025 April 19, 2025. Myanmar's deadly earthquake has raised alarms beyond Southeast Asia. In Africa, fault lines stretching across the continent pose serious risks, yet preparedness remains low.

An earthquake shook South Africa's biggest city, Johannesburg, early Sunday. The U.S. Geological Survey, which records earthquakes around the world, recorded a 5.0 magnitude earthquake at 2:38 a.m ...

Rare minor earthquake shakes Johannesburg, South Africa's biggest city Earthquakes are rare in South Africa. The last one to measure 5.0 magnitude or higher was in 2014, according to the U.S ...

More than 8,000 people have been reported killed and tens of thousands of others injured by the devastating earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria on Monday. Thousands of buildings collapsed in ...

An earthquake shook South Africa's biggest city, Johannesburg, early Sunday. The U.S. Geological Survey, which records earthquakes around the world, recorded a 5.0 magnitude earthquake at 2:38 a.m ...

The earthquake on Friday took place in the African Plate, about 340 miles south of the African-Eurasian plate boundary, which is seismically active. Other big earthquakes in Morocco have claimed ...