The rubble that remains from a residential building that collapsed on Feb. 11, 2024 in Choueifat. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L'Orient Today)
Friday, early afternoon, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake rumbled across Syria and Lebanon, emanating from a point just east of Hama, Syria. It echoed Monday evening's earthquake of similar magnitude and was enough to awaken old demons — fears born after the major earthquake in Turkey and Syria in February of last year that resulted in the deaths of more than 53,000 people in Turkey and another estimated 6,000 in Syria.Many of Lebanon's dilapidated homes were affected by that magnitude 7.8 quake, but buildings don't always wait for earthquakes before collapsing. A building fell on Oct. 15, 2023 in Mansourieh, a suburb of Beirut, killing several inhabitants. And another in Choueifat (south of Beirut) on Feb. 11, 2024, which also caused several casualties. Read more. What really happened at Mansourieh’s Edmond Yazbeck Building? Following...
Friday, early afternoon, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake rumbled across Syria and Lebanon, emanating from a point just east of Hama, Syria. It echoed Monday evening's earthquake of similar magnitude and was enough to awaken old demons — fears born after the major earthquake in Turkey and Syria in February of last year that resulted in the deaths of more than 53,000 people in Turkey and another estimated 6,000 in Syria.Many of Lebanon's dilapidated homes were affected by that magnitude 7.8 quake, but buildings don't always wait for earthquakes before collapsing. A building fell on Oct. 15, 2023 in Mansourieh, a suburb of Beirut, killing several inhabitants. And another in Choueifat (south of Beirut) on Feb. 11, 2024, which also caused several casualties. Read more. What really happened at Mansourieh’s Edmond Yazbeck Building? ...