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
The quake struck at around 2.46 a.m. with a depth of 25 km. | Photo Credit: Twitter/@NCS_Earthquake An earthquake of magnitude 3.2 hit the Noney district of Manipur in the early hours of Tuesday, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS). The quake struck at around 2.46 a.m. with a depth of 25 km. … Read more
A view of people on a road after an earthquake in Antakya in Hatay province, Turkey, February 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS New 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Turkey’s Hatay province A 6.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded on February 20, 2023, in Turkey’s southern province of Hatay, the hardest hit by a February 6 tremor which … Read more
Rescue team members search for people in a destroyed building during the aftermath of a 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP A new 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Monday killed three people and injured more than 200 in parts of Turkey laid waste two weeks ago by a massive … Read more
An earthquake of 3.8 magnitude hit the western part of Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday afternoon, an official bulletin said. A report by National Center for Seismology revealed that the latest quake was recorded at 12.12 p.m., epicentered at West Kameng, near Bhutan border, at a depth of 10 km. Tremors were felt in central-north Assam … Read more
Men clear debris by hand on a flooded road in Te Awanga, southeast of Auckland, New Zealand, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck New Zealand near Wellington on Wednesday at a depth of 48 km (30 miles), government seismic monitor Geonet said. Approximate epicentre | Source: Geonet The earthquake’s epicentre … Read more
The desperate search for earthquake survivors in Turkey and Syria entered its final hours Monday as rescuers using sniffer dogs and thermal cameras surveyed pulverized apartment blocks for any sign of life a week after the disaster. Teams in southern Turkey’s Hatay province cheered and clapped when a 13-year-old boy identified only by his first … Read more
As rescuers still pulled a lucky few from the rubble six days after a pair of earthquakes devastated southeast Turkey and northern Syria, Turkish officials detained or issued arrest warrants for some 130 people allegedly involved in the construction of buildings that toppled down and crushed their occupants. The death toll from Monday’s quakes stood … Read more