New Delhi: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale jolted the Nicobar islands Wednesday afternoon, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said in New Delhi. The temblor struck at 1.12 pm on Wednesday, an IMD official from the seismology department said. "The earthquake was of moderate intensity measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale. It occurred in the Nicobar islands region," the official added. ...
02:53 PM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter Scale struck eastern Indonesia off Irian Jaya early on Saturday morning, the US Geological Survey said. There was some damage, but no immediate reports of injuries. The USGS said the quake hit 83 km off Papua province. It was centered just 30 km beneath the ocean floor. Children in the town of Manokwan, closest to the epicentre, were seen running from...
07:38 AM, Apr 21, 2012
This CNN anchor was on live television when a 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit Chile on Tuesday. ...
10:18 AM, Apr 18, 2012
Sydney: A strong earthquake has struck the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries and no tsunami alert has been issued. The US Geological Survey says the magnitude- 7.0 quake struck on Tuesday at a depth of 200 kilometers (124 miles), about 140 kilometers (88 miles) north of the city of Lae. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue...
01:53 PM, Apr 17, 2012
Santiago: A strong and prolonged earthquake of magnitude 6.5 has shaken central Chile. Authorities have ordered a preventative evacuation of parts of the coastline. The US Geological Survey says the quake's epicenter was 30 miles (48 kilometers) northeast of Valparaiso, Chile, and it had a depth of 15.5 miles (25 kilometers). It struck at just before midnight local time (3:50 Tuesday GMT). Residents say the quake was felt for almost...
10:25 AM, Apr 17, 2012
Srinagar: A low-intensity earthquake measuring 4.1 on Richter Scale shook parts of Jammu and Kashmir in the wee hours on Sunday. "An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 occurred at 2:20 am with its epicentre at India-China border in Ladakh region," a disaster management cell official said here. The epicentre was located 209 km east of Leh town near the border between Ladakh and Xinjiang region of China. The tremor, however, was...
12:10 PM, Apr 15, 2012
New Delhi: The two earthquakes that jolted Maharashtra on Saturday had no impact on nuclear power plants in the state, India's nuclear operator said. "No effect was felt at any of the nuclear power plants and all the reactors continue to operate normally," S Krishnamurthy, Executive Director (Operations) of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) said. The NPCIL operates four nuclear power plants at Tarapur in Thane district of...
06:47 PM, Apr 14, 2012
Mumbai: In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is used to describe how a small change at one place can result in large differences to a later state. The name of the effect is derived from the example of a hurricanes formation being contingent on whether or not a distant butterfly had flapped its wings several weeks before. The MMRDA seems to be firm believers in this theory. Soon after Thursday...
01:08 PM, Apr 14, 2012
New Delhi: Two earthquakes, measuring 4.5 and 5 on the Richter scale shook the western Indian region on Saturday morning. Mild tremors measuring 4.5 shook the Rapar Taluka area of Kutch district in Gujarat. The tremors were felt in some towns of Saurashtra as well. Meanwhile, Mumbai, Pune, Konkan, Satara, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Raigad and other parts of western Maharashtra reported mild tremors on Saturday morning. The tremors measured 5 on...
11:44 AM, Apr 14, 2012
New Delhi: Mild tremors shook the Rapar Taluka area of Kutch district in Gujarat on Saturday morning. The earthquake measured 4.5 on the Richter scale. The tremors were felt in some towns of Saurashtra as well. Meanwhile, Pune, Mumbai and Konkan too reported mild tremors in the morning. Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan tweeted, "Earthquake in Mumbai!! Did you feel it... I did! Shutters and building shook twice for few seconds......
11:18 AM, Apr 14, 2012
Mumbai: While several parts of coastal India had hit the panic button, the financial capital of the country was on the alert, but not in fright. According to a senior BMC official, "Studies and experts assert that tsunami can never hit Mumbai, as there isn't any epicenter in the ocean on the western side. Its only earthquakes that can bother the city because there are three major active fault lines...
12:55 PM, Apr 12, 2012
Banda Aceh: Indonesian authorities say five people had heart attacks and died after two large earthquakes triggered back-to-back tsunami warnings. No other deaths were reported from Wednesday's temblors, but several people were injured as they tried to flee to high ground. The temblors awoke memories of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which claimed 230,000 lives in nearly a dozen countries, but the damage from the 8.6-magnitude quake and its 8.2-magnitude...
12:20 PM, Apr 12, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Mild tremors were felt in various parts of the city on Wednesday, around 2.10 pm and 4.15 pm, creating panic at least in the coastal region as rumours of a possible tsunami reaching the shore spread thick and fast. The tremors were experienced in hih-rise buildings in various parts of the city, including Technopark, from where tegchies were evacuated. In Transport Bhavan at Fort, after the tremor, panic-stricken employees...
11:29 AM, Apr 12, 2012
BANGALORE: Bangalore and many areas across the state experienced tremors caused by the earthquake measuring 8.6 on the Richter scale in Indonesia on Wednesday afternoon. Although many people experienced the tremors, there was no loss of life or property.The Meteorological Department said many areas in Bangalore East felt two tremors in the day. The first one was the stronger tremor, felt at 2.08 pm, which was followed by another one...
09:01 AM, Apr 12, 2012
Mexico City: A strong earthquake struck a sparsely populated area in the mountains of western Mexico on Wednesday, and caused tall buildings to sway more than 200 miles away in Mexico City. People evacuated some buildings in the capital, but the city government said helicopter flights detected no signs of damage. Authorities in Michoacan state, where the tremor was centered, also had no immediate reports of damage. The US Geological...
06:46 AM, Apr 12, 2012
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11:52 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Banda Aceh (Indonesia): Cries of panic and fervent prayers rang out Wednesday as Indonesians rushed toward high ground after two strong earthquakes raised fears of a killer tsunami. Alerts were raised as far away as Africa and Australia but this time the big waves didn't come. In western Indonesia, distraught women ran into the streets clinging to crying children as back-to-back tsunami warnings revived memories of the 2004 disaster that...
10:46 PM, Apr 11, 2012
The Naxal leader has said he will free Italian hostage Paolo Bosusco if the government sticks to the agreement with negotiators. ...
10:21 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Banda Aceh: The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre on Wednesday cancelled the tsunami watch for the Indian Ocean areas, hours after two major earthquakes, measuring 8.6 and 8.2 on Richter Scale, hit Indonesia. The tsunami warning was at first issued following the 8.6-magnitude earthquake, which was later scaled down. However, the warning was issued again for two hours after the second earthquake hit the Aceh province of the country. The...
07:12 PM, Apr 11, 2012
