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 …
An strong earthquake jolted Islamabad along with north-western parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa early on Thursday morning, Express News reported. According to the meteorological department, the earthquake, measuring 5.5 on the Ricther scale, was felt in the federal capital Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Abbottabad, Chitral and other mountainous regions. According to the United …
New work is first in the world to set a national baseline and will detect any rise in earthquakes following an expansion of shale gas exploration in the future At least three earthquakes strike the UK every year as the result of human activity, according to a new study. Most …
Climate change is a "pressing" global challenge and the poor people are "most adversely" affected by it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said and suggested a shift of the discourse on the issue from "climate change to climate justice." "In my view, the most adversely affected by climate change are …
Two months after foreign countries and international agencies pledged $4.1 billion to help Nepal recover from its worst natural disaster, the government has yet to make arrangements to receive the money and has spent nothing on reconstruction. The United Nations estimates almost three million survivors of twin earthquakes in April …
The National Risk Atlas, a new document with maps providing a comprehensive disaster risk profile of the country, was on Monday published by the Ministry of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs (MIDIMAR). The atlas - the first of its kind - is scheduled to be officially launched on September 10. …
The 900-MW Baglihar hydroelectric project continues to increase the worries of experts and inhabitants in the erstwhile Doda district comprising Kishtwar, Doda and Ramban districts as the region faces a major threat of severe climate change, courtesy successive regimes which have ignored all environmental concerns attached to the project. Torrential …
Visakhapatnam/ Hyderabad: A small earthquake was felt in several parts of Srikakulam district early on Wednesday. The tremors were experienced for about 10 seconds in Palasa, Kanchili, Sompeta, Mandasa, Vajrapu Kotturu and Haripuram mandals of the district. There were no casualties, and cracks were reported on some houses. As the …
A national project to build early warning systems for earthquakes and rapid reporting of quake intensity will install equipment at Sichuan provincial earthquake bureau, which is at the center of regional seismic activity. The project to cover the so-called north-south seismic belt, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, northern China and …
Tremors were felt in several parts of India after an earthquake hit Nepal on Sunday. The fresh quake struck 89 km east of Kathmandu. According to The National Seismological Centre in Kathmandu, the quake, measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale with the epicentre at Dolakha was recorded at 2.47 pm …
An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted 31km NNW of La Serena, Chile at 2015-08-23 23: 10:03 GMT on Sun (2015-08-24 07:10:03 Beijing Time), the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 33.86 km, was initially determined to be at 29.6708 degrees south latitude and …
GENEVA: Greenpeace said on Thursday it had launched legal action to demand that Switzerland shut down Beznau, the world's oldest commercial nuclear plant, for security reasons. The plant, located in the northern Swiss canton of Aargau, near the German border, has been running for 46 years. "The Beznau nuclear plant …
This report shows the results of a nationwide risk assessment aimed to develop a comprehensive disaster risk profile for Rwanda. It covers five major natural hazards prevailing in Rwanda namely; droughts, floods, landslides, earthquakes and windstorms. The elements at risk considered in the assessment are: population, agriculture, health, education, housing …
A magnitude-4 earthquake has shocked Australia's eastern coast on Friday, approximately 200 kilometers north of Brisbane. A Geoscience Australia spokeswoman told Xinhua on Friday the quake rumbled between Harvey Bay and Noosa on Queensland's southeastern coast just after 11 a.m. on Friday. The quake comes almost two weeks after a …
ZURICH: Natural and manmade disasters caused $37.4 billion (34 billion euros) in economic losses during the first half of 2015, proving far less costly than in recent years, reinsurance group Swiss Re said Tuesday. The figure, which combines both insured and uninsured losses, marked a 37-per cent drop from the …
HETAUDA, AUG 12 - The study of Department of Health Services (DoHS) conducted in 14 districts shows that 1,600 children are mildly malnourished. Among them, 1,000 are from the earthquake affected villages. Two hundred and eighty-four children are suffering from severe malnutrition in Makwanpur district alone, according to the report. …
A moderate earthquake in Afghanistan was felt across South Asia on Monday, shaking the ground in Kabul, Islamabad and New Delhi, witnesses said. The epicenter of the magnitude 6 quake was 88 kilometers (54.68 miles) from Feyzabad in Afghanistan, at a depth of 209 kilometers (129.87 miles), the U.S. Geological …
The per capita disaster impact of the April 25 earthquake and its subsequent aftershocks was highest in the mountains and lowest in inner Tarai among the 14 most affected districts in the country. The poor socio-economic conditions of the mountain people who already live under conditions of poverty, inequality and …
Talking to The Express Tribune, Director General Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Dr Ghulam Rasul said the quake was initially recorded at 6.7 on the Richter scale but after collecting data from affected cities across the country, it was calculated at 6.4. He said the epicentre of the earthquake was at …
The 2005 Kashmir earthquake of magnitude Mw 7.6 produced 75 km surface rupture showing 3–7 m vertical offset. The surface rupture nearly coinciding with the bedrock geology-defined Balakot-Bagh Fault (BBF) indicates reactivation of the fault. The BBF extends SE with right-step to the Reasi Thrust in Jammu region. Further SE …
There is an increased risk of a future major earthquake in an area that straddles the west of Nepal and India, scientists warn. New data has revealed that the devastating quake that hit Nepal in April did not release all of the stress that had built up underground, and has …
