Earthquake

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These earthquake-prepped Washingtonians know exactly when the next shakeout will be
KUOW Staff

Dyer Oxley
Animals

Kilian the sniffer dog searches for survivors after the Morocco quake

The golden retriever, part of a Swedish rescue team, helped find 18 people alive under the rubble in Turkey earlier this year. He searched this week for the last missing person in a Moroccan village.
Lauren Frayer
World

Moroccan rescue teams face challenges in reaching earthquake victims in the mountains

Remote villages in the Atlas Mountains are among the hardest hit by Friday's earthquake that killed more than 2,000. Crews are struggling to reach communities amid aftershocks and damaged roads.
Juliana Kim
Arts & Life

Swifties shake up Seattle — literally
Dyer Oxley
World

A new earthquake hits Turkey, as teams still respond to earlier catastrophic quake

Turkish authorities say a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, followed by a magnitude 5.8 tremor, struck the Antakya region around 8 p.m. local time Monday. The quake was also felt in Syria.
Daniel Estrin
Food

For this Everett baker, Turkey-Syria quake strikes a personal chord

Local relief efforts continue to help Turkish victims after one of the deadliest earthquakes in that country’s history. But for one Everett baker, the tragic event struck a personal chord.
Ruby de Luna
Government

More than 1K Seattle buildings aren't ready for an earthquake

Seattle officials could finally require seismic retrofits for masonry buildings
Paige Browning
World

A look at the impact of delivering aid to Turkey and Syria through Dubai's global hub

A 1.5 million square-ft. zone of Dubai known as International Humanitarian City is the world's largest aid hub, with warehouses for U.N. agencies, Red Cross and Red Crescent organizations and others.
Aya Batrawy
Environment

Turkish Americans in Washington state raise money for earthquake victims

A Seattle group has been so overwhelmed by donations to Turkey and Syria in the wake of Monday's devastating earthquake that the group now says it is accepting financial donations only.
Natalie Akane Newcomb
Science

Turkey's fault line is similar to faults under Puget Sound

Harold Tobin, a researcher at the University of Washington and director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, says the fault line that caused earthquake that shook southern Turkey near the Turkish-Syrian border and killed more than 7,000 people is similar to the faults under Puget Sound.
Natalie Akane Newcomb

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