Damage caused by an earthquake in Tripoli, on Feb. 6, 2023. (Credit: Michel Hallak/L'Orient-Le Jour)
The devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria in February 2023, strongly felt in Lebanon given that the Yammouneh Fault (the main one in the country) extends from those that caused the catastrophe in these two other countries (together forming the Levant Fault), reminded the collective unconscious that Lebanon is indeed a seismic risk country.Scientific research and the enhancement of the Bhannes Geophysical Center of the National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS-L) capabilities to analyze such events are essential at this level and have just received a boost from France."Following the earthquake on Feb. 6, 2023, in Turkey, in Syria and significantly felt in Lebanon, bilateral (Franco-Lebanese) cooperation in seismic matters has thus been considerably strengthened," reads a statement from the French embassy on a recent...
The devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria in February 2023, strongly felt in Lebanon given that the Yammouneh Fault (the main one in the country) extends from those that caused the catastrophe in these two other countries (together forming the Levant Fault), reminded the collective unconscious that Lebanon is indeed a seismic risk country.Scientific research and the enhancement of the Bhannes Geophysical Center of the National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS-L) capabilities to analyze such events are essential at this level and have just received a boost from France."Following the earthquake on Feb. 6, 2023, in Turkey, in Syria and significantly felt in Lebanon, bilateral (Franco-Lebanese) cooperation in seismic matters has thus been considerably strengthened," reads a statement from the French embassy on a recent...