Geology

“We found a field of very large icy volcanoes that look nothing like anything else we have seen in the solar system”

A moderate earthquake occurred off the coast of the Black Sea province of Zonguldak in Turkey's northwest on April 11. 

The magnitude of the earthquake was 4.4 according to the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD).

The earthquake was felt in Zonguldak and nearby provinces, including İstanbul.

Two consecutive earthquakes which struck Georgia and Armenia have caused panic among residents living in Turkey's northeastern border provinces.

The first earthquake of magnitude 5.3 rocked the city of Shirak, an Armenian settlement located on the border with Turkey, late on Feb. 13, according to initial data from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center.

It had a focal depth of 17.8 kilometers

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The Sarıoğlan district of the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri was hit by a magnitude 4.9 earthquake early on Jan. 19.

"The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.7 kilometers at 02.28 a.m.," the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) announced.

The death toll from a sudden, spectacular eruption of Indonesia's Mount Semeru has risen to 13, disaster officials said on Dec. 5, as rescuers searched villages blanketed in molten ash for survivors.

The eruption of Java's biggest mountain caught locals by surprise on Dec. 4, sending thousands fleeing its path of destruction and forcing hundreds of families into makeshift shelters.

They come with eagle-eyed drones and high-precision instruments. Aided by satellites, they analyze gas emissions and the flows of molten rock. On the ground, they collect everything from the tiniest particles to "lava bombs" the size of watermelons that one of nature's most powerful forces hurl as incandescent projectiles.