This study analyzes the exposure of energy and transport assets in Asia and the Pacific to climate change and earthquake hazards and highlights how multi-hazard assessment can help strengthen the resilience of crucial infrastructure. Geolocating and undertaking a multi-hazard assessment of more than 30,000 infrastructure assets, the study identifies significant …
An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 jolted Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Thursday, but there was no danger of a tsunami and no immediate report of injuries or major damage. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake struck at 2:21 p.m. at a depth of 10 kilometers off Uchiura …
A magnitude-5.3 earthquake hit the northern city of Hakodate on Thursday, registering a lower 6 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7, the Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami warnings have been issued. NHK’s TV footage of Hakodate showed the screen swaying sideways at around 2:22 p.m. There have been no …
An earthquake of moderate intensity jolted several parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on Wednesday; no casualty or loss of property was reported. According to the geological wing of Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), an earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter scale was felt in Malakand …
Due to the lack of post-earthquake movement, leading to build-up strain in the faults, the Himalayan region may experience an earthquake far more destructive than the 2015 7.8 Nepal quake that killed 8,000 persons and destroyed parts of the country, says a study. The 2015 Nepal quake ruptured a 150-km-long …
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, and no tsunami warning was issued. Vanuatu is part of the "Ring of Fire", a zone of tectonic activity around the …
A moderate earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck off southwest of Jayapura, Indonesia, at 6.09 am Wednesday, according to the Meteorological Department. The epicentre of the quake was 378 km of Irian Jaya, southwest of Jayapura, and 2401 km southeast of Semporna, Sabah. The department said the quake …
BEIJING - China's first high orbit remote sensing satellite, Gaofen-4, went into use after six months of in-orbit testing, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) announced Monday. Gaofen-4 is China's first geosynchronous orbit high-definition optical imaging satellite and the world's most sophisticated. Unlike from …
An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck in the central American nation of Nicaragua on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. There were no immediate reports of deaths or casualties from the quake, which hit 25 km (16 miles) northeast of the city of El Viejo, in the Chinandega region, at …
An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck off the Indonesian island of Lombok on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The earthquake, which hit 234 km (145 miles) south of Lombok, at a depth of 29 km (18 miles), also …
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck off the eastern coast of Indonesia on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter of the quake was 33 km deep, about 124 km west-northwest of the Molucca islands, it added. The NOOA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said it saw no …
Two earthquakes with magnitudes of 6.2 and 5.5, struck off the west coast of Mexico on Tuesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter of the first quake, initially reported at a magnitude of 6.4, was 93 km (58 miles) southwest of the city of San Patricio, and the …
HONG KONG, June 6 (Xinhua) -- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted 143 km south-southeast of Raoul Island, New Zealand at 0235 GMT on Monday (10:35 Beijing time), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 30.3964 degrees south latitude …
HONG KONG, June 6 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted 202 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga at 22:33:52 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 45.04 km, was initially determined to be at 17.5855 degrees south latitude and …
SANTIAGO – A magnitude-5.1 earthquake rocked two regions in extreme northern Chile on Sunday, but no injuries or damage have been reported, officials said. The quake affected the regions of Tarapaca and Arica and Parinacota. This is the third temblor to hit Chile on Sunday. Two earthquakes affected the regions …
JAKARTA – A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck in the Banda Sea in remote eastern Indonesia early Monday, U.S. seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake struck at 00:25 a.m. (1625 GMT Sunday) at a depth of 428 km (265 miles), about 300 km from Ambon Island, the U.S. …
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 shook buildings and caused momentary panic in the Indonesian port city of Padang on Thursday, officials and residents said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injury. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue an alert immediately after the quake …
The purpose of this document is to formulate guidelines for the preparation of plans to make India disaster resilient and reduce loss of lives. The plan is based on the four priority themes of the "Sendai Framework," namely: understanding disaster risk, improving disaster risk governance, investing in disaster risk reduction …
California scientists have pitched a plan, during a meeting in Japan, to develop a global network of app-enabled smartphones — already equipped with sophisticated vibration sensors — to create a kind of flash-mob earthquake early warning system. The Android app they launched in the Google Play Store in February — …
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.4 magnitude struck 572 kilometres (355 miles) beneath the earth's surface on Friday about 340 kilometres west of the South Pacific island nation of Tonga, the United States Geological Survey reported. There was no indication of a tsunami warning according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre. …
A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Greek island of Crete on Wednesday but there no immediate reports of damage, authorities said. The Athens Geodynamic institute said the quake occurred some 31 kilometres (19 miles) south-east of Zakros at a depth of 10 kilometres. Greece, at the …
