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Donegal felt a 2.7 magnitude earthquake tremor last night - did you?

North-west Donegal experienced a preliminary 2.7 magnitude earthquake in the early hours, according to the Irish National Seismic Network. The tremor is understood to have originated near Dunlewey and was felt across the area. One person in the ...

06 May 2023 at 10:02

National News

National: More than 600 people killed as Moroccan earthquake death toll rises

The death toll in a powerful earthquake around Marrakesh has more than doubled to 632 people, with a further 329 injured as authorities assess the damage, Moroccan government officials said. Much like other earthquakes, casualty figures appear ...

09 Sept 2023 at 09:24

National News

National: Moroccan earthquake death toll rises over 1,000 with 1,200 more injured

More than 1,000 people have been killed and a further 1,200 injured in an earthquake near Marrakesh that flattened homes and devastated mountain villages in Morocco. The Interior Ministry said on Saturday the death toll had reached 1,037, ...

09 Sept 2023 at 15:49

National News

Turkey arrests building contractors six days after earthquakes

As rescuers continued to pull a lucky few from the rubble six days after a pair of earthquakes devastated south-east Turkey and northern Syria, Turkish officials detained or issued arrest warrants for some 130 people allegedly involved ...

12 Feb 2023 at 11:35

Retail assistant speaks of devastation faced by husband who travelled to Turkey

National News

Retail assistant thanks public for love and donations following Turkey quake

A retail assistant has spoken of the devastation faced by her husband when he travelled to his hometown in Turkey to rescue his parents and sister from the rubble, and found they had died as a result of the 7.8 earthquake. Rachel ...

12 Feb 2023 at 19:50

Glenties MD

Donegal aid worker Paul Carr responds to earthquake disaster in Turkey

A Donegal aid worker has described the devastation caused by the recent earthquakes in southern Turkey where he is part of the emergency response. Paul Carr from Cranford, whose sister is senior Donegal footballer Niamh Carr, ...

16 Feb 2023 at 17:29

National News

New earthquake causes further devastation in Turkey and Syria

A new 6.4 magnitude earthquake has struck parts of Turkey and Syria that were laid waste two weeks ago by a massive tremor that killed around 45,000 people. Turkish interior minister Suleyman Soylu said three people were ...

21 Feb 2023 at 09:12

National News

Survivors still being pulled from rubble following catastrophic earthquake

Rescuers were working to reach people under the rubble in three provinces hit hard by the devastating quakes that hit Turkey and Syria last week. The death toll from the magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 quakes that struck nine ...

14 Feb 2023 at 10:36

Lifford/Stranorlar MD

Tremors from Japanese earthquake recorded at Ballybofey school

A seismograph in the physics lab of St Columba’s College measured the earthquake which struck the in the remote Noto peninsula Japan at 07:10 hrs GMT on Monday morning, January 1, 2024. The earthquake had a ...

05 Jan 2024 at 15:20

National News

'We need an election' - Irish people react with shock as Leo Varadkar resigns as Taoiseach

Social media has reacted with shock as Leo Varadkar announced his resignation a Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael this afternoon (March 20). Addressing the press outside Leinster House just after 12pm noon,...

20 Mar 2024 at 13:14

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A small earthquake has been recorded in Donegal

A small earthquake has been recorded in Donegal in the early hours of this morning. An earthquake of magnitude 1.5 occurred on the Fanad Peninsula north east of Milford at 5.46am. The Dublin Institute for ...

02 Aug 2017 at 14:48

Local News

Stranorlar students pick up Albanian earthquake

This morning's Albanian earthquake was picked up by monitoring equipment in a Donegal school. Students at St Columba's College in Stranorlar recording data on their school seismometer (IRIS seismic ...

26 Nov 2019 at 11:53

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