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 …
A new way to predict earthquakes in Iceland has been found, as chemical changes in groundwater leads to major tremors. Researchers found that before major earthquakes, the amount of sodium and silicon in the island's groundwater drastically increased. The study suggests that the ground changes shape before an earthquake, allowing …
A magnitude-6.3 earthquake jolted Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge at 0200 GMT on Friday (10:00 Beijing time), the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 50.5751 degrees south latitude and 139.4469 degrees east longitude.
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit near the coast of Nicaragua on Thursday at a depth of 36.5 km (23 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said, but the government said there were no initial reports of damages. The quake struck 92 km (57 miles) west southwest of Rivas at 1057 GMT, …
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck east of Los Angeles on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It said the quake, which was very shallow at only 3.1 miles (5 km) below the earth, was centered three miles (4.8 km)northwest of Rialto, east of Los Angeles.
A 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit parts of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, the met office said. The quake's epicenter was determined at Afghanistan's Hindu Kush Mountain range with a focal depth of 186 km, the met office said. Tremors were felt in provincial capital of Peshawar and districts of …
Caught in India-China race to tap power potential of Brahmaputra As India and China race to tap — or literally dam — the 97,000-MW hydro-power potential of the Brahmaputra/Tsangpo river, the people of Arunachal Pradesh look askance. They have two issues. First, there is no water-sharing treaty between the two …
An earthquake of 4.6 magnitude in western Canada was caused by fracking, according to the region's energy regulator. The British Coumbia Oil and Gas Commission said that the earthquake, which occurred in August, “was caused by fluid injection during hyrdraulic fracturing from an operator in the area,” the Globe and …
This is according to a new study that claims fracking is increasing the intensity of tremors. Pumping millions of gallons of wastewater increases pressure in the basement rock layer, which sits below a sedimentary cover and often contains oil and other exploitable gas reserves. The longer wastewater is injected into …
Scores of houses were destroyed after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted East Kalimantan on Borneo Island early Monday, disaster agency official said. The quake also triggered panic among residents living in coastal areas for fear of tsunami, although the epicenter of the quake was underearth, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the …
An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted 94km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea at 22:04:36 GMT on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 56.09 km, was initially determined to be at 6.3743 degrees south latitude and 154.6314 degrees east longitude.
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit the Ilocos region at 8:44 pm today, December 17, with the epicenter located at 8 km southeast of Lapog, San Juan, Ilocos Sur. It has a depth of focus at 47 kilometers, a report from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Just …
Nepal's earthquake in April 2015 was frightening. It killed thousands of people and left others without homes. Now, though, researchers have announced that there were far fewer landslides from this devastating earthquake than expected-and have found out why that is. "It was a really bad earthquake-over 9,000 fatalities in four …
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook buildings in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas on Thursday afternoon, but there were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries. The head of Mexico's emergency services, Luis Felipe Puente, said via Twitter that there were no immediate reports of any serious damage, but local …
The impacts stemming from the big earthquakes that struck Nepal earlier this year could have been much, much worse, say scientists. An international team has just published a review of the events, showing the number of landslides was far lower than people had feared. And the group could find no …
The devastating magnitude-7.8 earthquake that struck Nepal in April caused surprisingly few landslides, researchers say — confirming the early impressions of scientists who raced to map collapsed terrain in the quake’s aftermath. However, there is still hot debate over just how severe the event’s impacts were.
JHARKHAND -- Mild tremors of 4.2 magnitude were felt in parts of Bihar and Jharkhand on Tuesday morning. People reported feeling mild tremors in Gaya and Jamui of Bihar and Deoghar and Dhanbad of Jharkhand. No loss of life or damage to property has been reported yet. "I was reading …
An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 grades on the Richter scale was recorded in Tacna, Peru, this afternoon, according to the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP, Spanish acronym), reports El Comercio. The National Seismology Center of Chile reported the movement to have taken place north of the locality of Cuya, Peru, …
The correct location of earthquake emergency shelters and their allocation to residents can effectively reduce the number of casualties by providing safe havens and efficient evacuation routes during the chaotic period of the unfolding disaster. However, diverse and strict constraints and the discrete feasible domain of the required models make …
BEIJING - A 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit Tacheng Prefecture in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region at 6:59 a.m. on Sunday, said the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 43.8 degrees north latitude and 85.1 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a depth of 13 km, according …
