Mexico City: Mexican President Felipe Calderon said on Tuesday, via his Twitter account, that there was no serious damage reported from a strong earthquake that hit near the country's western coast and shook buildings as far as the capital. Mexico City mayor Marcelo Ebrard said, also via his Twitter account, that he saw no damages as he surveyed the city from a helicopter. A major earthquake struck southwestern Mexico on...
01:13 AM, Mar 21, 2012
Mexico City: A strong 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit Mexico on Tuesday, shaking central and southern parts of the country and swaying buildings in Mexico City. Plaster fell from ceilings and windows broke in the center of the capital, but Mexican President Felipe Calderon said there were no immediate reports of major damage. The initial quake in Guerrero state was followed by a less powerful, magnitude-5.1 aftershock that also was felt in...
11:52 PM, Mar 20, 2012
Tokyo: A strong earthquake shook northern Japan on Wednesday evening, and a small tsunami was forecast for part of its Pacific coast. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the tremor was 6.8 magnitude. A tsunami of about a half-meter was forecast for Hokkaido island's central and eastern Pacific coast, and for Aomori and Iwate prefectures. Iwate prefecture, or state, was heavily damaged by last year's earthquake and tsunami. Thousands of aftershocks...
03:55 PM, Mar 14, 2012
New Delhi: According to Indian Met department, tremors measuring 3.5 on the Richter Scale rocked Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday morning with Baghpat as epicentre of the earthquake. Tremors were felt across Delhi, adjoining towns and across North India. The earthquake occurred at 3:37 am, no injuries were reported. ...
06:27 AM, Mar 13, 2012
Srinagar: An earthquake measuring 5.8 hit various parts of northern Pakistan on Monday. Tremors were also felt in parts of Jammu and Kashmir. The epicentre of the earthquake was Gilgit in Pakistan occupied Kashmir. The tremors were felt around 11:41 am on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir. The Jammu and Kashmir police said no loss of life or damage of property was reported by far. Director of the department of...
12:25 PM, Mar 12, 2012
Ofunato: With a moment of silence, prayers and anti-nuclear rallies, Japan marked on Sunday one year since an earthquake and tsunami killed thousands and set off a radiation crisis that shattered public trust in atomic power and the nation's leaders. The magnitude 9.0 earthquake unleashed a wall of water that hit Japan's northeast coast, killing nearly 16,000 and leaving nearly 3,300 unaccounted for. The country is still grappling with the...
02:23 AM, Mar 12, 2012
A year later since the disastrous earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, much work needs to be done to rebuild communities by the twin disasters. ...
09:46 AM, Mar 11, 2012
March 11 will mark the one-year anniversary of Japan's deadly earthquake and tsunami. It is hard to imagine the amount of work that still needs to be done to rebuild countless communities. And while Japan's economy may be struggling, in the disaster zone, there are plenty of jobs to be had. ...
08:35 AM, Mar 11, 2012
New Delhi: A moderate earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale on Sunday struck Nicobar Islands region. The quake hit the islands at 2.28 am, according to the Met department. There was no immediate report of any damage to life or property due to the tremors. The Nicobar Islands comprise 22 large and small islands, and are situated in the south-east of the Bay of Bengal. ...
07:34 AM, Mar 11, 2012
Beijing: A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region this morning but no casualties were reported. The epicenter, with a depth of 30 kilometers, was at 39.4 degrees north latitude and 81.3 degrees east longitude, the China Earthquake Network Centre said. The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Earthquake Bureau had not received casualty reports from local authorities so far, state-run Xinhua reported. The spokesman of...
01:17 PM, Mar 09, 2012
Port-au-Prince: A moderate earthquake has rattled southern Haiti, causing some people to run out of buildings in fear. There were no immediate reports of damage. The United States Geological Survey is reporting that the magnitude 4.6-quake was centred 38 kilometres southeast of the capital of Port-au-Prince and had a depth of 4.9 kms. It struck at 9:51 pm EDT. Some residents of capital ran into the streets in fear, remembering...
11:08 AM, Mar 08, 2012
Minor tremors measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale shook New Delhi-NCR on Monday afternoon. ...
03:02 PM, Mar 05, 2012
New Delhi: Minor tremors measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale shook New Delhi-NCR on Monday afternoon. The tremors were also felt in several areas of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. The epicentre of the quake was Bahadurgarh near Delhi-Haryana border. Office buildings in Gurgaon in Haryana were reportedly told to evacuate following the medium intensity quake. The tremors were reportedly felt for 15-20 seconds. Five people were reportedly...
01:28 PM, Mar 05, 2012
New Delhi: An earthquake jolted the Andaman and Nicobar Islands late on Thursday night. The quake measuring 5 on the Richter scale struck at 11.23pm. No injuries or damages have been reported. No tsunami warning has been issued. ...
10:19 AM, Mar 02, 2012
Beijing: An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale hit near the east coast of Japan's Honshu island on Wednesday, the Hong Kong Observatory said. The epicentre of the temblor that struck at 2:33 GMT, about 150 km southeast of Tokyo city, was initially determined to be near 35.2 degrees north latitude and 141.4 degrees east longitude, Xinhua reported. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to property....
03:16 AM, Mar 01, 2012
It's been nearly a year since a powerful earthquake and tsunami devastated coastal Japan. ...
10:46 AM, Feb 29, 2012
Beijing: A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale hit the southern Taiwanese city of Pingtung on Sunday. There were no immediate reports of casualties in the quake, whose epicenter was monitored at 22.8 degrees north latitude and 120.8 degrees east longitude with a depth of 20 kilometres, according to the China Earthquake Network Centre. Taiwan's meteorological authorities said the epicenter of the quake, measuring 6.1 on the Richter...
10:31 AM, Feb 26, 2012
New Delhi: The ramshackle neighbourhoods of northeast Delhi are home to 2.2 million people packed along narrow alleys. Buildings are made from a single layer of brick. Extra floors are added to dilapidated buildings not meant to handle their weight. Tangles of electrical cables hang precariously everywhere. If a major earthquake were to strike India's seismically vulnerable capital, these neighbourhoods - India's most crowded - would collapse into an apocalyptic...
11:48 AM, Feb 15, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi will witness one of the biggest coordinated mockdrills on Wednesday through which preparedness of various agencies will be checked by creating simulated situations across the city involving schools, colleges, metro network, malls, markets, hospitals and road transport. A number of metro stations will be closed for up to half-an-hour and road traffic will be converted in many areas of Central, South and North Delhi as part of...
07:50 AM, Feb 15, 2012
Dehradun/Chandigarh: An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale shook parts of Punjab, Haryana and Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand in the wee hours on Friday. The quake occurred at 12:47 am and was felt in some parts of the northern region. Though some houses developed cracks in Barkot area of Uttarkashi, there were no reports of any major damage to life and property in the region which was the epicentre...
12:54 PM, Feb 10, 2012
