Tremors were felt in parts of Maharashtra’s Nanded and Parbhani districts on Thursday morning, officials said. There was no report of any casualty or loss of property, they said. The tremors of 4.5 and 3.6 magnitude were recorded at 6.09 am and 6.19 am, with the epicentre at Jamb village in Kalamnuri taluka of Hingoli … Read more
At least 111 people were killed in a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in a mountainous region in northwestern China, the country’s state media reported on Tuesday. The official Xinhua News Agency said that 100 people died in the province of Gansu and another 11 in the neighboring province of Qinghai in the quake, which occurred just … Read more
People evacuate following an earthquake, in Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, Philippines on December 2, 2023. Photo: Hinatuan LGU via Reuters An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck Mindanao, Philippines on December 2, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. There is no longer a tsunami threat, the U.S. Tsunami Warning System said in a separate statement. Some … Read more
The epicentre was located at a latitude of 35.44 and a longitude of 77.36, with a depth of 10 km. | Photo Credit: Photo Courtesy: https://riseq.seismo.gov.in An earthquake of magnitude 3.4 on the Richter scale struck Ladakh on December 2. The tremors were felt in the region at 8.25 a.m., according to the National Center … Read more
An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck near West Timor, in Indonesia, on Sunday. File | Photo Credit: Reuters An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck near West Timor, in Indonesia, on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. Last week, an … Read more
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on November 3 night with tremors observed in the Delhi-NCR region. Representational image A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.4 hit Nepal on November 3 night with tremors observed in the Delhi-NCR region, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said. The NCS said the epicentre of the earthquake was in … Read more
Amizmiz (Morocco), At least 2,122 people have been killed and 2,421 injured since a massive earthquake struck central Morocco on Friday night, according to the latest update from the Moroccan Interior Ministry. The deaths include 1,351 people reported in the Al Haouz Province, 492 in Taroudant Province, 201 in Chichaoua, and 17 in Marrakesh, added … Read more
An earthquake jolted residents of an eastern Chinese city early on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries. The magnitude 5.5 quake occurred near the city of Dezhou, about 300 kilometers (185 miles) south of Beijing, the Chinese capital, at 2:33 a.m., according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. The U.S. Geological Survey … Read more
An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 struck the Doda region of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday afternoon, said the National Centre for Seismology. The earthquake originated about 6 km below the surface due to which tremors were reported from as far away as the Delhi National Capital Region. There were no immediate reports of casualties or … Read more
The number of specified dams in the country is over 5,500 and about 70 of them are those of national importance. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Malviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) in Jaipur has been identified as the National Centre for Earthquake Safety of Dams, the first centre of its kind in the … Read more