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 …
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Japan's eastern region on Thursday, but did not prompt tsunami warnings. The epicentre of the earthquake was in the Ibaraki Prefecture, but the quake reportedly shook buildings even in Tokyo, Reuters reported. Japan's meteorological agency reported that the earthquake struck at a depth of 60 …
HONG KONG, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake of 5.9 magnitude jolted South of the Fiji Islands on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 264.3 km, was initially determined to be at 26.4759 degrees south latitude and 178.2989 degrees west longitude.
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo early on Friday local time at a relatively shallow depth of 6.2 miles (10 km), the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Thursday. The quake struck 24 miles (39 km) north of Bukavu, Congo, not far …
Detailed geodetic imaging of earthquake rupture enhances our understanding of earthquake physics and induced ground shaking. The April 25, 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake is the first example of a large continental megathrust rupture beneath a high-rate (5 Hz) GPS network. We use GPS and InSAR data to model …
Large earthquakes are thought to release strain on previously locked faults. However, the details of how earthquakes are initiated, grow and terminate in relation to pre-seismically locked and creeping patches is unclear. The 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake occurred close to Kathmandu in a region where the prior pattern …
Large earthquakes are thought to release strain on previously locked faults. However, the details of how earthquakes are initiated, grow and terminate in relation to pre-seismically locked and creeping patches is unclear1, 2, 3, 4. The 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake occurred close to Kathmandu in a region where …
An early warning system for earthquakes will be built in Nepal, the Institute of Care-Life in Chengdu, Sichuan province, and the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology announced on Tuesday. The announcement came 100 days after the magnitude-7.8 Nepal earthquake that killed 8,699 people. "With a cost of $3 million, …
Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela were shaken by a 5.2-magnitude earthquake on Wednesday evening, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake was focused at an epicentre around 34 kilometres north-northeast of Irapa in Venezuela and about 105 kilometres west-northwest of Port of Spain in Trinidad. The quake, which …
Local meteorologists measured the quake at 5.5 magnitude with a depth of just 10 kilometres, and 70 kilometres from Khuzdar. “The magnitude of the earthquake was recorded 5.5 and its depth was 10 kilometres,” Muhammad Shafique, a meteorologist at the met office, told AFP. Read: Strong earthquake jolts Islamabad, parts …
BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government has allocated 400 million yuan (65 million U.S. dollars) to a county in Xinjiang that was struck by an earthquake and 100 million yuan to areas in Zhejiang ravished by a recent typhoon, according to the website of the Ministry of Civil …
A 5.3-magnitude earthquake shook the coastline of south-east Queensland. The earthquake has unsettled the pets and the wildlife in the region. According to Geoscience Australia, the epicentre was 100 km off Fraser Island in the Coral Sea. Callers to 612 ABC Brisbane described that the behaviour of the animals before …
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake rattled a wide area of south-central Alaska, including Anchorage, on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or injuries. The tremor struck just after 6:30 p.m. Alaska time in a remote area about 40 miles south of Mount …
DHADING, JUL 30 - Children belonging to Chepang and Tamang communities in the district are suffering from severe malnutrition after the April 25 earthquake, a government study has shown. The study showed that the number of severely malnourished children in the district stands at 78 for the year ending April …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has given the State Government one more month to file a counter-affidavit on the development of the new capital on the banks of the Krishna allegedly without conducting an appropriate environment impact assessment. The State Government was asked not to take up any activity in …
The 7.0-magnitude quake struck inland in a mountainous area of Papua in the early hours, almost 150 miles west of the province's capital Jayapura at a depth of 32 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said. "The quake was felt very strongly for four seconds," said disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo …
The quake hits 250km west of provincial capital Jayapura but geologists say no threat of tsunami A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake has struck the Indonesian province of Papua, US geologists said Tuesday, although tsunami monitors said there was no threat of dangerous waves. The quake hit at 06.41 am (2141 …
A shallow magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Monday morning one mile from Point Arena, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 11:24 a.m. PDT at a depth of 3.7 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 29 miles from Ukiah, 46 miles from Healdsburg, and …
An earthquake of 6.9 magnitude struck off the thinly-populated community of Nikolski in the U.S. state of Alaska on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake, at a depth of 22 km (14 miles), hit southwest of Nikolski in the Aleutian Islands, at 0535 GMT. There were no immediate …
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake jolted on Friday the Dodecanese islands in eastern Aegean Sea, according to the EuroMediterranean Seismic Institute. But so far there have no reports of any casualties or property damage.
After setting up the country's first earthquake warning system (EWS) at Dehradun and Pithoragarh, the Disaster Management and Mitigation Centre (DMMC) is all set to install similar systems at Chamoli and Uttarkashi as well. Both districts come under seismic zones IV and V, considered to be the most seismically active …
