Tag: Earthquake

A red alert for tsunami has been issued after the earthquake.

At least five people have been killed and nearly 1,000 homes destroyed after an earthquake of 6.9 magnitude hit the northern Papua New Guinea on Sunday.The emergency disaster crew have rushed to the spot and are assessing the impact and damage caused by the tremor in parts of the province.

The undersea quake rocked at 11.22 a.m. Jakarta time (0422 GMT) with its epicenter situated at 132 km northeast of Tuban regency, and a depth of 10 km, the agency said, Xinhua news agency reported.

Tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR on late Monday as a strong earthquake jolted China's Xinjiang.

The earthquake jolted at 01:29 a.m. Jakarta time on Thursday (1829 GMT on Wednesday), the agency reported.

According to the GFZ German Research Centre for Geoscience, the quake's epicentre, with a depth of 192.1 km, was initially determined to be at 36.52 degrees north latitude and 70.71 degrees east longitude, reports Xinhua news agency.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), a 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the Noto Peninsula at 10:54 a.m. (local time) on Wednesday at a depth of 10 km, reports Xinhua news agency.

Calling the rescue of those impacted by the earthquakes a battle against time, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that the government has already dispatched a number of self-defence forces to the impacted areas and will continue to provide assistance.

A series of strong earthquakes with major ones measured at up to 7.6 magnitude have struck the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa on Monday, with tsunami warnings issued, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

According to the China Earthquake Networks Centre, the shallow quake jolted Gansu and Qinghai provinces at 11:59 p.m. on Monday, with a focal depth of 10 kilometres.

The local disaster reduction office reported that a woman from Tagum City in Davao del Norte province was killed when a wall of her house collapsed, reports Xinhua news agency.

Iceland has declared a state of emergency at the world-famous Blue Lagoon Geothermal Pool which is known for providing a warm spa like comfort. The announcement came after around 1400 earthquakes hit Iceland’s Reykjanes (rekanes) Peninsula in a span of 24 hours starting from midday on Thursday to first 14 hours of Friday.

A massive earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia's Maluku province on Wednesday, the country's meteorology agency BMKG said.

It said the epicentre for the quake was 233 kilometres north of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.

According to the National Centre for Seismology (NSC), the earthquake occurred at 1 a.m. on Sunday.