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 …
Sichuan Province has about a quarter of the money it needs to rebuild after the earthquake in May that left 90,000 people dead and missing and destroyed much of its infrastructure, the newspaper China Daily said Tuesday. Citing provincial Vice Governor Huang Xiaoxiang, the state-run paper said the southwestern province …
A mild earthquake that rocked the entire Kashmir valley early morning caused panic among the people. The earthquake was followed by heavy torrential rains during the day. According to Director Metrological (DM) department Kashmir, Sonam Lotus, the magnitude of the quake was 5.5 on the Richter scale and its epicenter …
Dehra Dun: An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter Scale shook Uttarakhand on Thursday evening, but there were no reports of any loss of life or damage to property. The quake, with its epicentre near the Uttarakhand-Tibet border, hit the State and its neighbouring areas at around 16.23 pm, Meteorology …
BEIJING: Rescuers appealed for temporary housing and tents Monday after a weekend earthquake in southwest China killed at least 38 people, injured hundreds and left tens of thousands of homes in ruins. The temblor Saturday in Sichuan Province, which the U.S. Geological /Survey measured at magnitude 5.7, struck along the …
An earthquake that hit China's southwest killed 38 people, Xinhua news agency said on Monday, two days after the most recent in a series of tremors to hit the region. The quake hit the mountainous border between Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, near an area still reeling from the May 12 …
Beijing, Sept. 1: The toll in the 6.1-magnitude quake that hit southwestern China on Saturday rose to 38 on Monday, as massive relief and rescue operations continue. Huili county, the worst hit in Sichuan, registered five more deaths on Monday, pushing the death toll from 20 to 32 in the …
An earthquake that hit the southern Chinese provinces of I Sichuan and Yunnan has killed 25 people, damaged or destroyed more than 100,000 homes, and affected at least 600,000 residents, state media said Sunday. The epicenter of the quake Saturday was about 30 kilometers, or 20 miles, southeast of Panzhihua, …
A safety movement titled 'Earthquake: School Safety Programme' was launched in the port city yesterday with an aim to save the schoolchildren from earthquake. Institute of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB), Chittagong organised the daylong programmes, including a procession and training workshop, to launch the movement. Speakers at the workshop expressed their …
An earthquake that hit southwest China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces has killed 27 people, damaged or destroyed more than 180,000 homes and affected at least 800,000 residents, state media said on Sunday. The epicentre of Saturday's quake, which struck around 4:30 p.m. (0730 GMT), was about 20 miles (30 km) …
Thanks to the availability of satellite data archives covering more than a decade, Permanent Scatterer SAR Interferometry (PSInSAR) nowadays represents one of the most powerful techniques capable of retrieving surface displacements of either natural (rock outcrops) or man made objects (buildings, infrastructures) already present within the surveyed area, acting as …
Ganga is one of the largest rivers of the world which supports millions of population on its banks. It is a tectonically controlled Himalayan river which also creates havoc due to perennial floods every year. Like most large river systems, it also shifts its course in the Gangetic plains in …
An earthquake was felt at the Dhaka Seismic Centre at Agargaon at 07 hours 34 minutes and 53.18 seconds Bangladesh Standard Time Wednesday. The intensity of the earthquake was 6.4 on the Richter scale which was strong in magnitude, said a Met Office press release. The location of the earthquake …
An earthquake measuring about 6.5 richter scale was recorded in Jijang area of Tibet, China, 200 kilometer west of Jumla district at 7:06 pm Monday. According to a statement issued by National Seismological Center (NSC) on Monday, the earthquake was felt in central and western region of Nepal and also …
A powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck at sea off the Indonesian island of Java on Tuesday, triggering a tsunami warning which was lifted after an hour, officials said. There were no immediate reports of damage from the quake which struck 125km northwest of Ujungkulon in West Java at 10.07am (1307 AEST), …
Beijing, A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale on Monday shook the mountainous Zhongba County in Xigaze prefecture, close to India in southern Tibet and there are no immediate report of casualties. The quake hit the region at 9:22 p.m. (6:52 p.m. IST), according to a National Earthquake …
Despite being located in the seismically highly vulnerable region, Uttarakhand shows an elaborate tradition of constructing multistoried houses. Both the local dialects of the region (Kumaoni and Garhwali) have unique words for identifying four different floors of a building. This suggests common occurrence of multistoried structures in the region. Rajgarhi …
Scientists have gained new insights in the exact timeline of events that led to the rise of the Tibet plateau, described as the 'roof of the world'. US scientists who pieced together the geological puzzle say the rise of the plateau, due to collision of India with Asia about 50 …
The Chinese government estimates that it will cost $147 billion to rebuild from the massive earthquake that struck the central part of the country in May, state media have reported. The National Development and Reform Commission's draft rebuilding plan published this week includes new homes for more than three million …
Land developers are filling low-lying lands around Dhaka city for the construction of buildings without applying earthquake resisting measures, speakers at a seminar said yesterday. The developers are also not following the National Building Code while filling the low-lying lands, they added. "We need to update the National Building Code, …
