Earthquake
- India
Earthquake jolts Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri
Rajouri: An earthquake of magnitude 3.6 hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri early hours of Thursday. According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the jolt took place at 3:49 am on Thursday…
- India
Maharashtra: Earthquake of magnitude 3.4 strikes Kolhapur
Kolhapur: An earthquake of magnitude 3.4 on the Richter scale struck Kolhapur in Maharashtra on Wednesday, the National Center for Seismology informed. The tremors were felt at 06:45:05 Indian standard time (IST),…
- India
Earthquake of 5.4 magnitude hits Meghalaya, parts of Bangladesh
Shillong: An earthquake of 5.4 magnitude hit Meghalaya and the northern region of Bangladesh on Monday evening, officials said here. There was no immediate report of any loss of life or damage…
- World
Earthquake of magnitude 6.0 jolts Japan
Tokyo: A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Hokkaido in Japan on Friday, German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake’s epicentre was 46 km (28.58 miles) below the Earth’s surface, GFZ added…
- Middle East
Syria: Miracle baby born under earthquake rubble turns 6 months
Damascus: A Syrian baby girl who was miraculously born under the earthquake rubble and remained connected through the umbilical cord to her mother, who was dead, is six months old and in good health, Associated…
- World
10 injured after 5.5-magnitude quake hits China
Beijing: At least 10 people have been injured in a 5.5-magnitude earthquake that struck the county of Pingyuan, in Dezhou City of east China’s Shandong Province at around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday.…
- Pakistan
Earthquake measuring 5.8 magnitude hits parts of Pakistan
Islamabad: An earthquake measuring 5.8 magnitude jolted parts of Pakistan on Saturday with no loss of life or property reported so far. According to National Seismic Monitoring Centre here, the epicentre of…
- World
Earthquake of magnitude 6.0 jolts Indonesia
Jakarta: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off North Sulawesi province in central Indonesia on Friday evening but did not trigger a tsunami, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The quake happened…
- World
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 jolts Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andaman and Nicobar: An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 on the Richter scale has jolted Nicobar Islands on Wednesday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) reported. The quake occured at around 5:40 am…
- World
Earthquake strikes off Indonesia
Jakarta: A 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia’s eastern province of North Maluku, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The earthquake happened at 18:19 Jakarta time (1119 GMT) with its epicentre at…
- India
Earthquake of magnitude 5.8 hits Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andaman and Nicobar: An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 jolted the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Saturday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) reported. The quake hit the islands at 12:53 am on…
- India
Stop illegal mining: Rajasthan tremors a wake-up call from nature
Jaipur: Residents in Jaipur on Friday morning woke up to tremors, which shook at least five times in span of 22 minutes. People came rushing out of their homes fearing for their…
- India
Earthquake of magnitude 3.3 hits Arunachal Pradesh
Tawang: An earthquake of magnitude 3.3 on the Richter scale hit Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang on Sunday morning, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS). The earthquake occurred at 6.56 am. According…
- India
Three earthquakes jolt Rajasthan’s Jaipur within half an hour
Jaipur: Rajasthan’s Jaipur was struck by three back-to-back earthquakes within a span of 30 minutes in the early hours of Friday. The first earthquake of magnitude 4.4 on the Richter scale hit…
- World
Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 jolts Argentina
Buenos Aires: An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 of 169 kilometres depth jolted Argentina on Monday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. According to NCS, the earthquake occurred at 08.35 am IST…
