Indonesia, a seismically active archipelago of 270 million people, is prone to seismic upheaval because of its location on major geological faults known as the Pacific “Ring of Fire.” | Photo Credit: AFP A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook the southern part of Indonesia’s main island of Java on April 27, but there were no … Read more
With announcement of new notification, Census to be delayed till at least October 2024 The deadline to freeze the administrative boundaries of districts, tehsils, towns, and municipal bodies, among others, has been extended till June 30, 2024, a senior government official told The Hindu. This means that the decennial Census exercise, initially scheduled to be … 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
An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck the Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province on Thursday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The Indonesian geological agency (BMKG) pegged the magnitude at 6.3 with no tsunami potential. The epicentre of the quake was onshore and at a depth of 25 kilometers (15.5 miles), located 15 kilometres from the … Read more
A strong earthquake of 7.0 magnitude struck deep in the sea north of Bali and Lombok islands in Indonesia early on August 29, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, sending residents running out of buildings. The quake’s epicentre was 203 km (126 miles) north of Mataram, Indonesia, and very deep at 516 km below the … Read more
This handout picture taken and released on January 10, 2023, by BNPB (National Disaster Management Agency) shows a damaged house after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit deep under the ocean off Indonesia and East Timor, in the Tanimbar islands in Maluku. | Photo Credit: AFP A powerful deep-sea earthquake damaged village buildings in a lightly populated … Read more
People gather in lobby and outdoors after an earthquake in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 8, 2022 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. | Photo Credit: Reuters A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia’s main island of Java on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, less than a month after another quake in the same province killed … Read more
Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud met Gujarat and Telangana lawyers on Monday over the Collegium’s proposed transfers of their High Court judges. File picture. | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Justice of India, Collegium judges meet protesting Gujarat, Telangana High Courts’ lawyers over proposed transfers of their HC judges Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, … Read more
The last major earthquake was in January, a magnitude 6.2 that killed at least 105 people and injured nearly 6,500 in West Sulawesi province. A magnitude 7.3 undersea earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Flores Island on Tuesday, and the country’s meteorological agency warned that tsunami waves are possible. According to the US Geological Survey, the quake … Read more