New Delhi: A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Iran-Pakistan border on Tuesday afternoon, killing at least 21 people in Pakistan and injuring 5 in Iran. While earlier reports indicated at least 40 dead, the Iranian state owned media later denied the reports saying only five people have been injured.
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 40 years. A state of emergency was declared in Saravan region of Iran in the aftermath of the quake.
According to Iran state television, power and communications were down in the southeast region, but its nuclear facilities were safe. The Russian company that built the Bushehr nuclear power plant said there was no damage from the quake.
The tremors of the quake were felt across North India, Pakistan and West Asia....
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09:59 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 13 in 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 40 years. A...
08:52 PM, Apr 16, 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
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
Seismic activity has been detected in North Korea with an earthquake measuring 4.9 registered by the US Geological Survey. North Korea is not prone to seismic activity and it could possibly indicating that the country has carried out a promised nuclear test. ...
09:15 AM, Feb 12, 2013
Washington: A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off Guatemala's Pacific Coast on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. The temblor was centered about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Champerico, Guatemala, at depth of 20.5 miles (33 km), USGS said. The quake was originally reported at a magnitude of 7.3. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue a tsunami warning. ...
10:39 PM, Nov 07, 2012
Honolulu: Hawaii was hit by a tsunami on Saturday night prompting the authorities to order at least 100,000 people on the island state to move to higher ground. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the first tsunami wave was three feet high and less forceful than expected. Some forecasts had predicted a wave of up to six feet high. "The tsunami arrived about when we expected it should," Senior Geophysicist...
05:12 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Anchorage, Alaska: The first wave from a small tsunami has been reported in a southeast Alaska community. State officials say a wave with a height of about 4 inches was measured in Craig late on Saturday evening. That was smaller than earlier forecasts, which said the wave could have been up to 1 foot. Parts of southeast Alaska and the Canadian coast remain under a tsunami warning. The warning was...
11:22 AM, Oct 28, 2012
Washington: The US Coast Guard is warning people in far southern Alaska to take precautions after a tsunami warning was issued for coastal areas of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. The warning was sparked by a strong earthquake on Saturday night that shook off the west coast of Canada. The US Geological Survey says the 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit in the Queen Charlotte Islands area, followed by a 5.8-magnitude aftershock several...
09:27 AM, Oct 28, 2012
Washington: A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit southwestern Colombia on Sunday, the US Geological Survey reported. The quake was centered 28 miles (45 km) south of Popayan, Colombia, close to the Ecuador border. The initial magnitude was reported to be 7.3. ...
10:07 PM, Sep 30, 2012
Colorado: The US Geological Survey is reporting that a strong magnitude-7.4 earthquake has struck off the coast of El Salvador and a tsunami warning has been issued. There were no immediate reports of damages or injuries after the quake struck at 10:37 pm on Sunday. The earthquake was located 86 miles (138 kilometers) south-southwest of San Miguel, the USGS reported on its web site. The temblor took place at a...
11:35 AM, Aug 27, 2012
Jakarta: A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck 35 miles southeast of Palu on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Saturday rattling crockery as people were breaking the Ramadan fast but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, authorities said. The quake was originally reported by the USGS as a magnitude of 6.5. The depth was reported at 12.5 miles. "The quake was felt strongly for 15 seconds in Palu...
06:31 PM, Aug 18, 2012
Dubai: Overcrowded hospitals in northwest Iran struggled to cope with thousands of earthquake victims on Sunday as rescuers raced to reach remote villages after two powerful quakes killed nearly 300 people. Thousands huddled in makeshift camps or slept in the street after Saturday's quakes for fear of more aftershocks, 60 of which had already struck. A lack of tents and other supplies left them exposed to the night chill, one...
12:53 AM, Aug 13, 2012
New Delhi: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 shook Taiwan on Wednesday morning but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage according to US seismologists. The epicenter of the quake, which struck at 9:08 am (0108 GMT) was about 49.9 km in the eastern city of Taitong, at a depth of 16.6 km, the Central Weather Bureau said. Earthquakes occur frequently in Taiwan, which lies on a...
08:49 AM, Jun 06, 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
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
The earth shook. The floor I was sitting on was shaking for about 5 seconds. I was in my world when I was shaken by ...
05:40 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Port Moresby: A strong magnitude-6.7 earthquake has rattled Papua New Guinea. There were no immediate reports of injury or damage from the Thursday morning earthquake. Chris McKee, the assistant director of the Geophysical Observatory in Port Moresby, says the earthquake was centered deep enough that it could be felt widely but hopefully didn't do too much damage. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the quake struck at 8:15 am...
07:33 AM, Mar 22, 2012
