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 …
The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) has completed construction of 421,000 houses in the quake affected region, the authority chairman Altaf M. Salim said here on Wednesday. Addressing a certificate distribution ceremony for the participants of ERRA Interns and Volunteers Programme (EIVP), Salim said the authority was actively working …
UNDP's resident representative in Nepal, Robert Piper said Wednesday that the Government of Nepal has not been able to translate the risk agenda into action as most buildings constructed in the capital are hardly earthquake-resistant. Speaking to media persons at a program in Kathmandu, he also expressed serious concerns as …
Vinod Thomas In the past, policymakers thought that safeguarding the environment was a drag on growth. Cyclone Sidr, Cyclone Nargis, the Indian Ocean tsunami. Natural disasters are striking with greater frequency today than at any time in recent memory. Yet disasters are still not recognised for what they are: a …
The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) is mandated to provide the nation with best possible services in forecasting the monsoons and other weather/climate parameters, ocean state, earthquakes, tsunamis and other phenomena related to earth systems through well integrated programmes. The Ministry also deals with science and technology for exploration and …
Pune, July 30: A mild tremor was experienced in Pune and parts of Maharashtra with its epicentre at Koyna dam region in Satara district, the Met office said on Wednesday morning. The tremor, felt past midnight at 12:40 am, lasted for around seven seconds and measured 4.2 on the Richter …
Crumbling schools in earthquake-prone Himalayas The afternoon of May 12 will haunt memories of parents of school going children of Sichuan Province in China for years. Thousands of children perished under the collapsed buildings of their schools as an earthquake measuring more than 7.9 on the Richter scale jolted the …
A 5.4 magnitude earthquake rattled Los Angeles today, but there were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries. The quake struck at 11.42am (0442 AEST) and was centred near the town of Chino Hills, 50km east of Los Angeles at a depth of 12km, the United States Geological Survey …
The midnight earthquake on Saturday caused cracks in walls and led to the collapse of roofs of many buildings in the capital. The ceilings of two buildings of fourth-class employees of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) at Elephant Road collapsed and walls developed cracks at many residential halls of Dhaka …
SHILLONG: It takes a big jolt to shake citizens out of their complacency. But repeated tremors in the past two days have put people on notice. The tremor that shook Shillong at dawn on Monday was serious enough to make the authorities of a local school do an earthquake drill. …
An elderly man, panicked at the moderate earthquake that shook most areas of the country early Sunday, died of a cardiac arrest. Many across the country were injured. The earthquake measured 5.6 on the Richter scale, according to the Met Office in Dhaka. The quake measured 5.2 on the Richter …
Musavirr Wani URI, July 27: Estimated loss to the agriculture land, crops, livestock, agriculture implements and other household items in quake affected Uri and Karnah was reported to be in crores of rupees. Loss to maize crop has been reported to be more followed by loss to the paddy crop. …
The Disaster Management Cell of the Kamrup (M) district organised a daylong workshop on disaster management for the corporate officials of Guwahati here recently. The workshop, organised for the first time for corporate houses, was inaugurated by VK Pipersania, Principal Secretary, Revenue & DM Department. He laid stress on basic …
A powerful earthquake that sent boulders tumbling onto a national highway, injured more than 100 people across a wide swath of northern Japan, officials said on Thursday. The quake, which had a preliminary magnitude of 6.8, came just one month after a 7.2 magnitude temblor killed at least 12 people …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has announced closure of its water supply programme initiated by it in Azad Jammu and Kashmir in response to the October 2005 earthquake. According to a handout released here on Thursday, the agency had rehabilitated and reconstructed over 40 rural water supply …
BALASORE: Panic gripped Balasore after news of wide cracks in ward no. 1 of the town spread like wild fire on Wednesday. Thousands of people rushed to the spot to have a glimpse of numerous fissures that were visible in an area of over a km with a width of …
Musavirr Wani URI, July 24: Three years down the line since the killer quake hit Uri and its adjacent villages almost 75 percent people face gastroenteritis or psychiatric problems. After visiting several villages of Uri different people narrated different tales. In some cases either people face gastroenteritis or psychiatric problems. …
R. PRASAD Changes in river channel steepness were seen in the area where the quake had struck Terrain Tales: The May 12 quake provides compelling evidence that landscapes can encode information about the rates and patterns of tectonic activity. The May 12 earthquake that struck the Sichuan Province in China …
The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) has established the first ever Disaster Risk Reduction Management Cell here on Friday. District Coordinator Officer (DCO) Israr Khan inaugurated the cell during a ceremony. Speaking on the occasion he appreciated establishment of the cell and said that after the October 8, 2005 …
The United Nations yesterday launched a 33.5 million dollar appeal to aid relief efforts in southwest China where a magnitude-8.0 earthquake on May 12 left nearly 70,000 people dead. "It is the hope of the United Nations and the international community that China will quickly recover from this enormous tragedy," …
An undersea earthquake measuring 6.3 points on the Richter scale struck the south-east Aegean island of Rhodes today, the Institute of Geodynamics at the National Observatory of Athens said. The US Geological Survey said earlier the quake measured 6.4 at a depth of 68 kilometres and 147 kilometres south-west of …
