Dubai: Iran test-fired a new land-to-sea ballistic missile in the Gulf, a senior official said on Tuesday, days before an annual ceremony meant to showcase its military muscle at a time of rising tension with the West over its nuclear activity. Israel has publicly warned of possible air strikes on Iran's nuclear sites if Tehran does not resolve Western suspicions it is developing nuclear weapons know-how under cover of a...
04:55 PM, Apr 16, 2013
A massive earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on the Richter Scale hit the Iran-Pakistan border with tremors being felt across North India, Pakistan and West Asia. The epicentre of the earthquake lay 86 km east-south east of Khash, Iran, near the country's border with Pakistan, the USGS website said. There was an aftershock of 6.3 magnitude. ...
04:54 PM, Apr 16, 2013
New Delhi: A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Iran-Pakistan border on Tuesday afternoon, killing at least 40 people in Iran and five in Balochistan province of Pakistan, reports said. The epicentre of the quake lay 86 km east-south east of Khash, Iran, near the country's border with Pakistan, the US Geological Survey (USGS) website said. Experts say that this is the worst earthquake to have hit Iran in the past...
04:45 PM, Apr 16, 2013
New Delhi: A magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the Iran-Pakistan border with tremors felt across North India, Pakistan and West Asia. The quake struck at about 4:18 pm (IST) as strong tremors rocked Rajasthan, Delhi, Western Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the National Capital Region (NCR) on Tuesday afternoon. The tremors lasted for over 20 seconds. According to the USGS website, the earthquake to have hit Iran measured 8 on...
04:20 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Guwahati: An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale shook Assam on Tuesday jolting people out of bed. The Regional Meteorological Centre here said the quake occurred at 6:53 am on latitude 26.3 degree North and 92.0 degree East with its epicentre being in Darrang district of Assam. There was no report of any casualty or damage to property so far due to the quake which rattled doors and windows,...
10:25 AM, Apr 16, 2013
Tokyo: Sixteen people were injured on Saturday when a powerful quake jolted western Japan, authorities said. The earthquake shook Hyogo prefecture and its surrounding areas in western Japan early Saturday morning, reported Xinhua. The quake, registering a preliminary magnitude of 6, occurred at 5.33 a.m. The epicentre of the quake was near Awaji island in Hyogo prefecture around 10 km underground, Japan Meteorological Agency said. Sixteen people suffered minor injuries...
01:25 PM, Apr 13, 2013
Tokyo: A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit western Japan early on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued, the nation's meteorological agency reported. "Although there may be slight sea-level changes in coastal regions, the earthquake caused no damage to Japan," the agency said on its website. The US Geological Survey (USGS) initially reported the quake's magnitude at 6.3 and said it had its...
08:13 AM, Apr 13, 2013
Mexico City: A moderate earthquake shook buildings in Mexico's capital and its southwestern coast, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The US Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 5.2 and its epicentre was 27 miles (44 kilometres) north-northeast of Zihuatanejo in Guerrero state. It was 177 miles (286 kms) southwest of Mexico City. Buildings swayed in Mexico City at 10:45 pm local time, but offices...
11:01 AM, Apr 12, 2013
Shillong: A low intensity earthquake on Wednesday rocked West Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya, officials said. However, no loss of life or damage to property has been reported so far. The quake measuring 3.4 on the Richter Scale rocked the two Khasi Hills district at 9:46 am, officials at the regional seismological centre here said. The tremor had its epicentre 5 km underneath the earth crust and was traced to...
03:50 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Tehran: A 6.1 magnitude earthquake killed at least 37 and injured hundreds more in a sparsely populated area in southern Iran on Wednesday, Iranian officials said, adding that it did not damage a nuclear plant in the region. The report said the earthquake struck the town of Kaki some 96 kilometres southeast of Bushehr, a town on the Persian Gulf that is home of Iran's first nuclear power plant, built...
10:10 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Tehran: At least 32 people were killed and 850 injured when an earthquake, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, hit Iran's Bushehr province on Tuesday. According to Iran's Seismological Centre, the city was later hit by 13 aftershocks. The temblor, having its epicentre at a depth of 12 km, struck Kaki city of the province in the afternoon, Xinhua reported. Bushehr province's governor Fereidoon Hassanvand said some 700 buildings were...
02:40 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Bushehr (Iran): An earthquake measuring magnitude 6.3 struck on Tuesday 89 km (55 miles) southeast of the city of Bushehr in Iran, where the country's only nuclear power station is located, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The Iranian Seismological Centre at the University of Tehran reported a quake of 6.1 magnitude whose epicenter was Kaki, around 60 miles south of Bushehr, a port city on the Gulf. Witnesses felt...
06:35 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Jakarta A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia's mountainous West Papua province on Saturday but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake hit 256 km (159 miles) east of Enarotali and was 58 km (36 miles) deep, the US Geological Survey said. An Indonesian meteorological survey official said the quake struck on land and there was no danger of a tsunami off the thinly populated province,...
10:40 AM, Apr 06, 2013
New Delhi: A 5.4 magnitude earthquake jolted the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Hind Kush region on Thursday. The coordinates of epicentre were 36.47 degrees North, 71.12 degrees East. According to USGS reports, the tremors were felt in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore and other areas. Tremors were also felt in some parts of Jammu and Kashmir. The tremor, which lasted for around 10 seconds, was recorded at 12:02 pm (IST), an official of...
12:38 PM, Apr 04, 2013
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck near Guatemala City, but residents said they barely felt the temblor and authorities had no immediate reports of damages or deaths. ...
11:35 AM, Mar 26, 2013
Amid growing dissatisfaction with the slow pace of recovery, Japan marked the second anniversary Monday of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that left nearly 19,000 people dead or missing and has displaced more than 300,000. ...
05:40 PM, Mar 11, 2013
At least 30 people were injured and 3,200 houses damaged as a 5.5 magnitude earthquake on Sunday hit quake-prone southwest China. The quake hit Yunnan Province bordering Myanmar, leaving 30 people injured, state-run Xinhua news agency said. ...
04:12 PM, Mar 03, 2013
An earthquake of moderate intensity, measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale, jolted India-Bangladesh border on Saturday morning. The quake struck at 7:01 am on Saturday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. ...
08:39 AM, Mar 02, 2013
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck near the southern tip of Russia's Kamchatka peninsula, at a depth of around 52 km (33 miles), the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported on Thursday. ...
12:44 AM, Mar 01, 2013
An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted southwest Maluku province in Indonesia Saturday, Xinhua reported. There were, however, neither any immediate report of damage to property or casualties and nor was a tsunami warning issued. ...
11:33 PM, Feb 23, 2013
