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 …
INDIA is one of the most seismically active countries in the world. The earthquake that hit Assam on June 12,1897, had a magnitude of 8.7 on the Richter scale. Known as the Great Assam Earthquake, it is still the highest-intensity tremor ever recorded in the world. It was only more …
High intensity earthquakes may rock some parts of northeastern India between 2030 and 2040, say scientists at the University of Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh. They have analysed seismicity data of the region for the last 200 years. The researchers say that the Arakan Yoma and Naga thrust belt in Northeast India …
Macroseismic and aftershock studies reveal a major seismic fault in Madhya Pradesh THE analysis of last year's Jabalpur earthquake has shown a "deep-rooted" seismogenic fault" located within the Narmada south fault zone, says J R Katyal, deputy director-general of the Geological Survey of India (GSI). The fault has been traced …
Mumbai is prone to earthquakes, says V Subramanyam, retired IIT professor of earth sciences. It is quite evident from the recent earthquake that hit the Thane-Khargar belt in Maharashtra. According to Subramanyam, the city and the surrounding region is situated on more than ten fault planes. Three major faults pass …
Serious diseases have been reported in remote villages of northern Afghanistan, which were severely damaged by a recent earthquake. The United Nations and Red Cross have evacuated 102 of the most seriously injured people from remote villages, and delivered food to 31 of the approximately 100 affected villages. An outbreak …
a crack on a mountainface forming part of the reservoir of the controversial Tehri dam in Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh, has once again cleaved expert opinion on the Himalayan dam's safety. An l -shaped crack has appeared on the rocky surface above one of the tunnels leading to the dam's power …
The Karnataka government would come out with a comprehensive Karnataka Forest (Amendment) Bill based on the National Forest Policy evolved by the Centre after incorporating suggestions made by various members of the legislature. Scientists predict an earthquake in Assam of a magnitude greater than eight on the Richter Scale any …
high pressure carbon dioxide ( co 2 ) pumped from deep within the Earth may lead the rocks of the San Andreas in California to slide past each other and cause earthquakes. Scientists in California say that their theory could solve a puzzle that has troubled geologists for past so …
A powerful earthquake rocked Afghanistan's remote northeastern region early this month, killing 4,000 people. The quake hit Rustaq, a city 280 km north of Kabul. Early reports said that over 15,000 homes were destroyed in the quake and tremors of varying intensity rocked the mountainous area for several hours afterwards. …
Till date, there were no truly "reliable" methods of quake prediction. Most of the existing methods predicted quakes only a short time before they actually occurred. But recently, Panayiotis Varotos from the University of Athens developed a technique that can predict earthquakes weeks in advance. Using changes in electrical conductivity …
an earthquake which recently rocked the Hebei province in northern China has left nearly 11,440 people injured and 44,000 homeless. Economic losses from the quake have been estimated at us $228 million. Thousands of victims are now facing the bitter cold. The temperature in the quake-affected areas has plunged to
around 1200 bce, the Bronze Age civilisations of the Eastern Mediterranean came to a premature end . Within 50 years, several famous centres of scholarship and industry such as Troy, Mycenae and Knossos had been reduced to rubble. Amos Nur, a geophysicist at Stanford University, usa , believes that a …
two earthquakes in Italy over the last fortnight left about 11 people dead and left an estimated 5,000 homeless. The first quake on September 23 in central Italy, which measured 4.6 on the Richter scale wrecked havoc on several villages. Several monuments are reported to be damaged. The historic basilica …
Nearly 12 persons were killed and 30 injured when an earthquake with a magnitude of six on the Richter scale hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi recently. The quake, centred 20 km north of the coastal town of Pare Pare, in South Sulawesi province, hit the island at 8.30 am …
earthquake-prediction programmes that blossomed in the rich countries in the 1960s failed in their objectives and were closed down. However, Japan's programme, spending us $145 million annually lived on. But now a report adopted by the Ministry of Education's Geodesy Council in Japan has admitted that Japanese geophysicists have no …
earthquakes do not follow predictions. A conclusion that has long been reached by other countries and only now accepted by Japan. The country's earthquake-prediction programme, the last in the world, with an annual budget of us $145 million is about to close down. A report accepted by the ministry of …
An earthquake that struck the north-eastern coast of Venezuela on July 10 left at least 46 people dead, 162 injured, and more than 500 families homeless. Most of the deaths occurred in the small coastal town of Cariaco, about 470 km east of Caracas, where two school buildings collapsed killing …
SEVERAL top notch international experts are studying the seismological and other aspects of the recent earthquake in Jabalpur. The experts are particularly examining the field data that have been collected by different agencies such as the Indian Meteorological Department and the Hyderabad-based NationarGeophysical Research Institute following the tremor. Experts were …
Dust and fungal spores thrown up during earthquakes can cause respiratory infections, say researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, US. Three years after a quake in the north of Los Angeles, people have been suffering from respiratory problems. Researchers found that inhaling airborne spores of …
earthquakes round the world are dragging the North Pole towards Japan. It has been discovered by Giorgio Spada of the University of Bologna, Italy, that the largest of the quakes, most of which occur along the Pacific rim, tend to tilt the pole towards their epicentres. This finding is a …
