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 …
Kathmandu, July 5: Minister for Finance Dr Ram Sharan Mahat has said that budget would be allocated in the budget programme of the fiscal year 2072/73 BS under a separate heading for the reconstruction of the quake-hit structures. In today's meeting of the Finance Committee under the Legislature-Parliament, Minister Mahat …
At least three people were killed and more than 20 injured when a strong 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit a rural part of China's far western Xinjiang region on Friday, Chinese officials said. Many traditional houses in the mainly ethnic Uighur region collapsed when the shallow quake struck about 160 km …
KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 (Bernama) -- A moderate earthquake, measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale, hit the Andaman Islands in the Indian region at 11.16 am today, according to the Meteorological Department. It said in a statement that the epicentre of the earthquake was at 11.4 degrees north latitude and …
A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook the Kashmir valley in the early hours of Tuesday with the epicentre believed to be in the Hindukush mountain range of Afghanistan. "A moderate intensity earthquake occurred at 3:40am today," an official of the local MET department said. "The …
A magnitude 5.8 quake struck off the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Wednesday. The quake, initially reported as a magnitude 6.4, struck at 6:35 a.m. on Thursday (1935 GMT on Wednesday), 57 miles (92 km) southeast of Kira Kira. It was very shallow, …
During and shortly after a disaster data about the hazard and its consequences are scarce and not readily available. This research proposes a methodology that leverages social media content to support rapid inundation mapping, including inundation extent and water depth in case of floods. The use case in the city …
GURGAON: The city is getting ready to have its own disaster management plan for the first time. Additional deputy commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh is working on a disaster management plan wherein capacity-building activities have been lined up at the level of schools, government colleges, government departments and industries in the …
ISLAMABAD: An earthquake shook large parts of Pakistan's northern region including several areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan provinces early on Tuesday. According to the Met Office, tremors were felt around 3am (local time) and the intensity of the quake was recorded as 5.5 on the Richter scale. The …
A fresh aftershock of 5 on the Richter scale was felt early Monday morning. The National Seismological Centre said that the epicenter of the fresh quake that occured at at 5:42am today was Ramechhap district. Earlier, a quake of 4.3 on the Richter scale occurred with its epicenter in Sindhupalchowk …
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 struck off the coast of Peru on Monday, the United States Geological Survey reported. The USGS said the quake's epicenter was 145 kilometers (90 miles) south of Puquio and 34 kilometers deep.
KATHMANDU, JUN 30 - The World Bank Group on Tuesday approved two credits totaling US $300 million to rebuild houses in poor, rural areas of Nepal and to provide an injection of cash for the government’s budget to help the country recover from devastating earthquake s in April and May. …
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake on Sunday left one person injured in Assam's Kokrajhar district. The temblor also hit north Bengal but there was no report of any injury or damage to property. The quake, having its epicentre about 20 km north of Kokrajhar's Basugaon town, occurred at 6.35 a.m. and had …
Kundasang (Malaysia), June 6 : The strong earthquake that jolted Malaysia’s Mount Kinabalu left at least 11 persons dead and another eight missing on Southeast Asia’s highest peak, a government official said today. “As at noon time, 11 bodies have been recovered (2 identified) and eight persons are still missing,” …
India pledged $1 billion for earthquake reconstruction in Nepal on Thursday, with a quarter of the amount in the form of grants, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj told a donor conference also attended by China. Swaraj said the $1 billion was over and above India's existing aid pledges to Nepal. "This …
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit Alaska about 75 miles (121 km) northwest of Anchorage on Wednesday at a depth of 71 miles (115 km), the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The temblor, which hit in the afternoon, shook buildings for about 15 to 20 seconds in Anchorage, Alaska's largest city, a …
The Delhi government’s draft disaster management plan warns that should a powerful earthquake strike the national capital, it would wreck more devastation than a nuclear bomb explosion. Six minor earthquakes in 10 days sometimes is the precursor to a large one. The current local seismic behaviour is very similar to …
HONG KONG, June 22 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale jolted 56km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji at 21:28:17 GMT on Sunday (2015-06-22 05:28:17 Beijing Time), the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 573.0 km, was initially determined to be at 20.3 …
KATHMANDU: A 13-member Rapid Environmental Assessment team, headed by former vice chairman of the National Planning Commission Shankar Sharma, has recommended that the government act in a manner to mitigate the environmental impacts and hazards during the post-earthquake recovery of the country. “Environmental concern may be unavoidable but can be …
Over the past 5 years, parts of Oklahoma have experienced marked increases in the number of small- to moderate-sized earthquakes. In three study areas that encompass the vast majority of the recent seismicity, we show that the increases in seismicity follow 5- to 10-fold increases in the rates of saltwater …
HONG KONG, June 16 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted 36km NW of Ndoi Island, Fiji at 06:16:59 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 645.61 km, was initially determined to be at 20.4016 degrees south latitude and …
