If buildings in an earthquake-prone area are constructed to withstand the shaking, then the people inside are much safer
16 Feb 2023 12:12 AM
Afghan continues to be disfigured by natural calamities as it sits in tectonically active terrain over a vast number of fault lines
23 Jun 2022 11:25 PM
So far, at least 22 earthquakes have rocked four districts - Champhai, Saitual, Siaha and Serchhip since June 18
23 Jul 2020 10:41 AM
Seismological Research Letters published some time ago said 728 earthquakes over the past 150 years were induced by human activities.
18 Aug 2019 3:12 AM
Studies have been carried out to correlate flooded river water entering faults and fractures of the riverside, triggering earthquakes.
18 Aug 2019 3:08 AM
The Moon doesn't have tectonic plates; its tectonic activity occurs as it slowly loses heat from when it was formed 4.5 billion years ago.
14 May 2019 1:45 PM
The first jolt with a magnitude of 4.9 occurred at 5.14 am, followed by another jolt with a magnitude of 5 a couple of minutes later.
01 Apr 2019 9:53 AM
Tremors ranging from 3 to 4.1 on the Richter scale were experienced Friday at least six times, an official said.
02 Feb 2019 2:26 PM
A neural net was applied to analyse the relationships between static stress changes caused by the mainshocks and aftershock locations.
01 Sep 2018 1:29 PM
After completing her Master’s, she joined the Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) in Trivandrum as a junior scientist.
26 Aug 2018 6:39 AM
Scientists analyzed more than 10,000 wastewater injection wells where 96 billion gallons of fluid are pumped yearly.
02 Feb 2018 1:10 PM
In 1960, South-Central Chile was hit by the largest known quake on Earth with a magnitude of 9.5.
31 Jan 2018 8:25 PM
Researchers found that there had been periods of around five years when Earths rotation slowed/
20 Nov 2017 3:21 PM
Iran said on Tuesday that rescue operations have ended in areas hit by a powerful weekend earthquake that killed at least 450 people.
14 Nov 2017 10:00 AM
The Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) Project will be completed by March 2021.
13 Nov 2017 9:00 AM
Researchers have discovered that seismic activity can cause jiggles in fiber optics cables, which can help in detecting them.
24 Oct 2017 2:30 PM
The order was issued Monday after radar detected shifts in the ground where the mountains collapsed early Saturday, said Xinhua News Agency.
26 Jun 2017 1:54 PM