The west -North-Western part of Dharmsala in parts of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh felt light tremors of magnitude 4.0 on Richter scale on 28th April. The depth was recorded approx. 19 kms. Inside the earth. No casualty or damages reported so far. Tremors were also felt in Kangra district localities. It is supposed to […]
Istanbul (CNN)At least 19 people died and more than 600 were injured in eastern Turkey after an earthquake rattled the region on Friday evening, according to authorities. The 6.7-magnitude quake struck near the town of Sivrice, in eastern Elazig province, collapsing at least 10 buildings, Turkish Interior Minister Sulyman Soylu said. Thirteen people were killed […]
* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. In the past decade, Haiti has been hit by drought, cholera, hurricanes and more tremors – and is struggling to protect its people Haiti has had little reprieve from disasters in the past 10 years since […]
Source(s): Conversation Media Group, the By Richard Aster, Professor of Geophysics and Department Head, Colorado State University Multiple strong and damaging earthquakes in southern Puerto Rico starting around Dec. 28, 2019 have killed at least one person, caused many serious injuries and collapsed numerous buildings, including a multistory school in the town of Guánica that luckily was […]
New Delhi: A massive earthquake of 6.3 on the Richter scale hit Afghanistan. Tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR and other parts of north India. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the epicentre of the earthquake was located 51 kilometres southwest of Jarm province in north-eastern Afghanistan. The quake occurred after 5 pm and […]
DNV Desk (14-12-2019): A series of mild earthquake tremors ranging in magnitudes from 1.9 (Richter Scale) to 3.7 have again jolted the district of Palghar in Maharashtra this morning, according to data released by Institute of Seismological Research, Gujarat and India Meteorological Department (IMD). No casualties or damages have so far been reported. […]
IIT Hyderabad Collaborates With 4 Japanese Institutes For Research On Earthquake Engineering New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad will collaborate with four Institutions in Japan for research in various areas including earthquake engineering besides offering joint doctoral programmes. Prof B.S. Murty, Director of IIT Hyderabad, signed the MoUs with the Institutions during his […]
Date & time: Monday, 18 November 2019 13:22 UTC Magnitude: 5.8 Depth: 10.0 km Epicenter latitude / longitude: 7.61°N / 125.03°E (Philippines) Nearest volcano: Musuan (27 km) Primary data source: GFZ Estimated released energy: 3.2*10^13 J (8.78 GWh / 7558 tons of TNT / 0.5 atomic bombs equivalent) [learn more]
