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 ...

Scientists say Africa is slowly splitting in two due to molten rock pulses beneath Ethiopia, potentially forming a new ocean ...

The Libyan floods are the second major disaster to befall North Africa in recent days, after an earthquake in Morocco claimed nearly 3,000 lives. The Libyan floods are the second major disaster to ...

Earthquakes are reportedly a rare occurrence in Africa. A 5.0-magnitude earthquake had previously struck Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 10, 2023, according to the USGS .

On June 21, 1990, an earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale struck northwestern Iran, killing up to 50,000 people.

In the Afar region of Ethiopia, the ground beneath our feet is stretching and tearing at a rate of 16 millimeters per year ...

Iceland sits atop a similar rift area as Northern Africa, and it's possible to scuba dive into a lake that has formed between the separating areas.. When was the last time we got a new ocean? Without ...

Current emergencies. With some 15.6 million forcibly displaced and stateless people, the Middle East and North Africa region accounts for 24 per cent of UNHCR's budget in 2023, with most funds going ...

The earthquake, measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale, struck approximately 631 kilometres north of Rashid. The epicentre was located at a latitude of 35.12°N and a longitude of 27.0°E, with a depth of ...

“The preliminary results show that the earthquake registered a local magnitude of approximately 2.2, as recorded by the South African Seismograph Network (SANSN).

The quake was felt across the Aegean Sea, reaching parts of Turkey and north Africa. ... A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the northern coast of Crete early Thursday morning.