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 number of people killed in Nepal by two major earthquakes has surpassed 8,500, making the disaster the deadliest to hit the Himalayan country on record, as rescuers on Sunday searched for dozens of people still missing in remote villages. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on April 25, killing thousands …
The recent earthquake in Nepal has once again reminded us of the risks posed by natural disasters in South Asia region. In Pakistan, approximately 3 million people are affected by natural catastrophes each year, which equates to approximately 1.6 per cent of the total population. According to an analysis of …
Just as the SC has asked for a comprehensive look at the mass of hydropower projects on the Ganga in Uttarakhand, NGT wants a similar exercise for the project rush in Arunachal's river system The Union government has bought yet more time from the Supreme Court to decide the fate …
The number of people killed in Nepal by two major earthquakes has surpassed 8,500, making the disaster the deadliest to hit the Himalayan country on record. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on April 25, killing thousands and demolishing more than half a million homes, most of them in rural areas …
The death toll from the April 25 quake in Nepal on Sunday topped 8,500, making the temblor the deadliest of all times for the Himalayan nation, triggering as many as 240 aftershocks and injuring around 20,000 people. The monster temblor in April and its aftershocks killed as many as 8,567 …
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – At least three Eastern Caribbean islands were Thursday rocked by a 4.7 magnitude earthquake. The Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies has confirmed that an earthquake was felt in St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Martinique shortly after 10:00 …
The recent tremors that were felt in the city after yet another earthquake in Nepal have finally jolted the MCG out of its slumber. The civic body on Thursday set up a three-member committee to survey and assess all buildings in the city and submit a list of the ones …
A tornado that killed two people in the Texas city of Van this week caused about $40 million in damage and flattened scores of buildings, emergency officials said on Thursday. More than 500 structures suffered some damage from the EF3 category tornado packing winds of around 140 miles per hour …
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 struck off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture on Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, adding there was no danger of a tsunami. The epicenter of the quake, which struck at 12:30 p.m., was 50 kilometers deep in the sea off the Fukushima coastline. …
The death toll in the two high intensity quakes that rattled Bihar on Tuesday rose to 19 on Wednesday, with two more deaths reported from Vaishali and Siwan districts. “The death toll in the quakes that hit Bihar on Tuesday has gone up to 19. Altogether 82 persons have been …
The parliamentary standing committee on science and technology and environment and forests will meet here on May 23 to discuss a report about the possibility of an earthquake in Uttarakhand and review the state of preparedness. Talking to mediapersons here, chairman of the standing committee Ashwani Kumar said an Indo-Australian …
Kanpur: The only mantra that can protect an individual during tremors is an earthquake resistant building, says IIT-K civil engineering department's Prof Durgesh Rai. Stating that around 30 multi-storey buildings situated in posh areas of the city were not earthquake resistant, the professor urged citizens to be cautious while purchasing …
CUTTACK: Almost a year after the district and civic authorities identified nearly 500 unsafe government and private buildings here, the administration has done precious little to demolish them in the thousand-year-old city - and is thereby waiting for a disaster to happen. Following an earthquake that had shaken Cuttack on …
Hours after the fresh high-intensity earthquake in Nepal, its tremors were felt in the Uttarakhand hydropower projects case being heard by the Supreme Court. Concerns about safety and enhanced possibility of seismic activity in the region were raised by activists as the government sought six months' time to allow an …
Panic-stricken people get ready to spend nightin the open Just when life was returning to normal in the cities after the earthquakes of April 25 and 26 and the affected people in the villages were trying to build temporary shelters, a 7.3 magnitude temblor rocked parts of Nepal on Tuesday, …
The 7.3 magnitude event and the subsequent tremors that rocked Nepal on Tuesday were aftershocks and could not be construed as fresh earthquakes, a seismological expert said. Head of the Seismological Observatory at the CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Dr. D. Srinagesh said there were nine aftershocks till 19.30 hrs on …
Praveen Jose GURGAON: The tremors felt in NCR as a result of the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that rocked Nepal on Tuesday triggered a demand for a structural audit of all buildings in highrise-dense Gurgaon to determine if these can withstand a strong earthquake. "A structural audit should be made mandatory …
A major earthquake has struck eastern Nepal, near Mount Everest, two weeks after more than 8,000 people died in a devastating quake. At least 48 people have been killed and more than 1,000 injured, officials say. At least 17 have also died in India. The latest earthquake hit near the …
National Planning Commission Vice-chairman Govinda Raj Pokharel has said that a detailed programme for rehabilitation of earthquake victims would be ready by Friday. The NPC is preparing the plan in coordination with various government agencies after taking stock of the situation such as the destruction of houses and properties and …
Tunis — An earth tremor measuring 2.5 degrees on the Richter scale was registered Monday at 8:03 pm in the governorate of Beja, northern Tunisia, the National Institute of Meteorology (INM) said Tuesday in a press release. The epicentre was located 36.79 degrees latitude and 9.33 degrees longitude 7 km …
