Tag: Earthquake

With rampant mining of coal by the Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) from underneath the Talcher town and alleged faulty sand-filling, the residents are staring at a grim future.

Turkish goalkeeper Ahmet Eyup Turkaslan has died following the devastating earthquake in his country, the Yeni Malatyaspor has announced.

Indian Army mobilizes special field hospital to quake-hit Turkey.Agra-based Army Field Hospital dispatches 89-member medical team.The medics comprise critical care specialists, ortho surgical team.

Seven quakes with magnitude 7.0 or greater have struck Turkey in the past 25 years.

The second quake struck at 1.24 p.m. local time (3.45 p.m. IST).

The death toll in Turkey has risen again to 1,498, according to the country's disaster management agency, and 810 in Syria.

The earthquake was recorded at 6.38 am with its epicentre 11 km north-north east of Dudhai village in the district, the Gandhinagar-based ISR said in an update on its website.

The quake hit the region at 21.44 p.m. local time on Saturday and its depth was 7 km, the state media reported.

The earthquake did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami, it added.

The direction came after satellite images released by the Indian Space Research Organisation showed the rapid rate of subsidence in Joshimath between Dec 27 and January 8, fuelling concerns over the situation, even as Uttarkhand Minister Dhan Singh Rawat said on Saturday that the ISRO images have been withdrawn.

As many as 14 Odisha districts come under moderately prone zone (zone 2) while 16 districts fall under zone 3 (partially prone zone).

Tremors were felt in Delhi and its surrounding areas after an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Afghanistan on Thursday.

There was no report of any casualty or damage to property. The tremor occurred at 9.46 AM at a depth of 5 km, the IMD said.

The quake occurred today at around 8:32AM in Bay of Bengal at a depth of 10km.

At least 162 people were killed and hundreds more injured as a 5.6 intensity earthquake shook Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday