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 …
Parts of north Gujarat, Saurashtra and Kutch here on Sunday afternoon received mild tremors with people in Saurashtra rushing out of their homes. The epicentre of the tremors has been recorded near Rapar town in Kutch. The quake measured 4.3 on the Richter scale. The tremors were felt around 5 …
Mansehra, Balakot and its adjoining areas jolted with a mild earthquake at 7:32 am on Sunday. The earthquake was measured at 4.5 magnitude on the Richter scale. According to the Met office in Peshawar the quake's epicenter was located 240 km from Peshawar in the Hazara region. Residents rushed out …
WORLD Bank on Tuesday launched a new catastrophe loan facility and revised an existing contingency credit line designed to help increase its business with middle-income countries. The World Bank board on Tuesday approved the Catastrophe Risk Deferred Drawdown Option that will give middle-income countries access to emergency funds in the …
An earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale hit some parts of the district this noon. However, no loss of life or property was reported. This is the first earthquake since the past one year. "Several residents rushed out of their houses at around 1.13 pm, when the quake was …
A mild earthquake caused by coal mining shook the western German state of Saarland on Saturday, causing damage to buildings but no injuries. A police spokesman in the Saarlouis region on the French border said the earthquake measured 4.0 on the Richter scale, the strongest on record in the area, …
A mild earthquake caused by coal mining shook the western German state of Saarland, causing damage to buildings but no injuries. A police spokesman in the Saarlouis region on the French border said the earthquake measured 4.0 on the Richter scale, the strongest on record in the area, and had …
A mild earthquake caused by coal mining shook the western German state of Saarland on Saturday, causing damage to buildings but no injuries. A police spokesman in the Saarlouis region on the French border said the earthquake measured 4.0 on the Richter scale, the strongest on record in the area, …
A powerful earthquake struck western Indonesia today, killing three people and injuring 25 others, officials said. A tsunami warning was briefly triggered, but no waves were detected. The US geological survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 and struck under the island of Simeulue off the western …
A powerful earthquake struck western Indonesia today, killing three people and injuring 25 others, officials said. A tsunami warning was briefly triggered, but no waves were detected. The US geological survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 and struck under the island of Simeulue off the western …
After the devastating earthquake of 1869, Barak Valley was hit by another tremor of serious dimension in 1984. The studies then carried out by experts from the Regional Research Laboratory (RRL), Jorhat, and the National Geographical Research Institute, Hyderabad, revealed that this valley and the entire North-east region is active …
A mild earthquake of 4.8 magnitude hit Islamabad and Northern Areas on Wednesday, US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was felt in Islamabad, Peshawar, Swat, Chitral, Dir, Abbotabad and Northern Areas, private news channel reported. No loss of life or property has been reported so far from any part …
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 rattled Chiba and Shizuoka prefectures and surrounding regions Sunday morning, the Meteorological Agency said. There were no reports of casualties or damage from the 9:37 a.m. quake. No tsunami warnings were The quake measured 3 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of …
deformations in some sedimentary layers of the upper Shivaliks provide information on earth movements and can help predict earthquakes. These deformations occurs when the sedimentary rock is in the process of formation and is soft, explains Ravindra Kumar of Punjab University's geology department who was part of the research team, …
there could be a link between disturbances in the ionosphere and the Earth's magnetic field, and earthquakes. Such disturbances preceded the quake that struck Gujarat on March 7, 2006. A study says the disturbance were caused by the changes in the electromagnetic radiations over the Earth before the tremors occur. …
The construction of a section of Russia's Sakhalin II oil pipeline project resumed from August 1, 2007, a few days after it was suspended after allegations that its safety link violated the approved design plans. The Sakhalin Rostekhnadzor, the regional environment agency, had suspended the construction of a trunk pipeline …
An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the richter scale hit Japan on July 16, causing widespread damage and a radioactive leak in one of the world's biggest nuclear plans. The first quake had its epicentre around 24 km from Kashiwazaki city in Niigata Prefecture and 240 km from Tokyo. A second, …
