An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude has been detected off the eastern Indonesian island of Sulawesi. There have been no immediate reports of damage or casualties. ...
03:35 PM, Dec 17, 2012
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake has been reported off the coast of Indonesia. The US Geological Survey says the quake struck offshore, 208 kilometers northwest of the city of Saumlaki. ...
11:03 PM, Dec 10, 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
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
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
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
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
New Delhi: A few thousand people were evacuated to higher ground from parts of Andaman and Nicobar islands on Wednesday following earthquakes in Indonesia, as the islands prepared for tsunami waves up to 3.9 metres high, officials said. Ships in Port Blair were also asked to sail out. "There could be high waves of 1.5 metres at Port Blair and 3.9 metres at Campbell Bay," said Prabhakar Rao, the official...
06:08 PM, Apr 11, 2012
New Delhi: Hours after a tsunami warning was issued on Wednesday following the 8.6-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia, India withdrew the warning, saying that there was no cause of panic. Home Secretary R K Singh said, "Apart from Nicobar, the tsunami warning has been reduced to tsunami alert." Referring to the second earthquake in Indonesia, which measured 8.2 on the richter scale, Singh said, "Let us see what waves are generated...
05:55 PM, Apr 11, 2012
After the 8.6-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia, Kolkata metro services were disrupted and later resumed after a 45-minute break. ...
05:43 PM, Apr 11, 2012
New Delhi: Six teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been kept in readiness at Chennai and an equal number moved to Hindon airport to deal with any eventuality in the wake of Wednesday's massive temblors off the western coast of northern Sumatra in Indonesia. A Home Ministry spokesperson said the Andaman Administration has moved people from Nicobar side to safer areas as a precautionary measure. The ministry has...
05:34 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Banda Aceh: Hours after the massive 8.6-magnitude earthquake hit waters off Indonesia on Wednesday, another massive quake measuring 8.2 on the Richter Scale hit the Aceh province in the country. Following the second earthquake, Indonesia issued a fresh tsunami warning, which extended for two hours. Notably, Indonesia had earlier scaled down the tsunami warning which was issued after the 8.6 quake. The first 8.6-magnitude quake off Aceh province, hours earlier,...
05:14 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Here is a factbox showing the 10 strongest earthquakes recorded since 1900, by order of magnitude as Indonesia issued a tsunami warning after a huge 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off its westernmost province of Aceh on Wednesday. May 22, 1960, Chile: An earthquake of magnitude 9.5 struck Santiago and Concepcion, triggering tidal waves and volcanic eruptions. Some 5,000 people were killed and 2 million made homeless. March 28, 1964, Alaska:...
05:13 PM, Apr 11, 2012
The Indonesia earthquake that hit on Wednesday afternoon appears to have been a strike-slip earthquake. It is unlikely that there will be a devastating tsunami after Wednesday's 8.6-magnitude quake. Tsunamis are generated by displacement of water. In 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, a megathrust displaced a lot of water vertically, like so. The 2004 earthquake was almost purely strike-slip. Strike-slip earthquakes are completely horizontal and there is no vertical displacement. Since...
04:47 PM, Apr 11, 2012
National Institute of Oceanography Director Dr SR Shetye said that in current conditions, the potential danger of tsunami is much lower. ...
04:11 PM, Apr 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Indonesia earthquakes have again brought the focus to the dangers posed by seaquakes and resultant tsunamis. Most of the coastal countries in Asia face high risk of tsunamis and so do the countries on the western coast of the American continents. Tsunami threat is also eminent in the seismologically active Mediterranean Sea. About 90 per cent of the world's earthquakes occur along the Pacific Ring of Fire,...
03:56 PM, Apr 11, 2012
RS Dattatreya, Director Seismology, Indian Meteorological Department, said that the Home Ministry has been asked to take necessary precautions. ...
03:51 PM, Apr 11, 2012
The earthquake off northern Indonesia is believed to have triggered a tsunami. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has issued a tsunami watch for the Indian Ocean region. The map below shows the times when the tsunami is likely to hit the Indian coast. ...
03:38 PM, Apr 11, 2012
6:40 PM Small waves about half-a-metre high and within normal tide limits had already washed into the Campbell Bay area on the Great Nicobar island, the official said. 6:39 PM Six teams of National Disaster Response Force were also kept in readiness at Chennai and an equal number moved to Hindon airport in the national capital. 6:12 PM Indonesia Disaster Agency says major quakes produced only small tsunami waves because...
03:32 PM, Apr 11, 2012
