Byzantine-Hellenistic Icon Faces Quake Risk Hagia Sophia, a Byzantine marvel with Hellenistic roots, undergoes restoration to withstand Istanbul’s quake risks, preserving its cathedral-mosque legacy.

ISTANBUL: For nearly 1,500 years, the Hagia Sophia has stood tall over Istanbul, weathering empires, earthquakes and time itself. But as the threat of another major quake looms, vulnerabilities in ...

A view of the 1486-year-old Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, undergoing the largest and most comprehensive restoration process in history, in Istanbul, Turkiye on April 14, 2025. ‘Our goal is to ...

There was a second earthquake on 12 September 1912, estimated at magnitude 6.8. This is larger than a normal aftershock and it is considered an event in its own right. This quake collapsed some ...

In some cases the time acceleration was fairly minor. The 1943 earthquake had been very little advanced by the stress change: it ‘just happened’, unrelated to the precursor. But the 1944 earthquake ...

The April 23 quake that hit Istanbul with a 6.2 magnitude should be viewed as a "warning" rather than a release of major seismic energy, an earthquake expert said. "Since the 1999 Gölcük and Düzce ...

On April 23, 2025, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in the Sea of Marmara struck Türkiye 's largest city, Istanbul, causing widespread panic and injuring over 230 people, primarily due to falls and ...

Following the magnitude 6.2 earthquake that struck İstanbul yesterday, disaster preparedness has once again become a major topic of concern. Many people spent the night outside across the city, ...

The earthquake had a shallow depth of about 6 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, with the epicenter about 25 miles southwest of Istanbul, in the Sea of Marmara.

ISTANBUL (AP) — Many Istanbul residents spent the night outdoors, too fearful to return to their homes, following a strong earthquake and over 180 aftershocks. The magnitude 6.

An expert has warned that the 6.2 magnitude earthquake that rocked the Turkish city of Istanbul on Wednesday is not the anticipated ‘big earthquake’ and that there could be an even stronger ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 hit the Marmara Sea near the western outskirts of Istanbul on Wednesday (April 23, 2025), officials said, with the impact felt across Turkiye’s largest city ...