The Ithacan

Commentary: Earthquake support must span beyond local groups

By Birsen Gürkaynak • February 14, 2023

On Feb. 6, at 4:17 a.m., Türkiye and Syria were hit by four independent earthquakes — the worst of its kind in 80 years on this fault line.

By Isabella Grullón Paz • November 15, 2017

More than 400 people died in a 7.3 magnitude earthquake that hit Iran and Iraq on Nov. 12.

September 20, 2017

Natural disasters may tug at an audience’s heartstrings in August, but what will they feel by the end of September?

By Meaghan McElroy, Opinion Editor • September 13, 2017

The last earthquake of this size was in 1985 in Mexico City, where a magnitude 8.1 quake killed nearly 5,000 people.

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