Wajima city has recorded the highest number of deaths with 69, followed by Suzu with 38 casualties, while over 500 people were injured, 27 of them in serious condition. Additionally, more than 200 people still remained unaccounted for.
The first tremor of magnitude 6.5 struck near the Kuril Islands at 2:45 pm and the second took place at 3:07 pm. No damage or casualties have been reported as of now.
The year 2023 has seen its share of significant events across the world that will have major ramifications for the upcoming year - from the Israel-Hamas war to India's diplomatic win at the G20 Summit. The year also witnessed several deadly natural disasters that captured global attention.
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Jammu and Kashmir: There were no reports of any casualties or damage to property due to the earthquakes.
Since 1.42 am, 19 quakes, having intensities of 1.7 to 3.3, were recorded with their epicentres in East-North-East (ENE) of Talala in Gir Somnath district of Saurashtra, an official from the ISR said.
In what could be said as a shaky evening for Mizoram, 3 successive moderate intensity earthquakes measuring 3.6 to 5.3 on the Richter scale hit eastern state's Champhai district within an hour on Thursday evening, officials said. However, there was no report of any damage or loss of property.
According to the online survey, five out of ten respondents in Delhi said that earthquakes have made them anxious to think about buying home insurance.
According to the study, published in the journal Science Advances, the researchers from Harvard University looked for clues in ancient rocks (older than 3 billion years) from Australia and South Africa and found that these plates were moving at least 3.2 billion years ago on the early Earth.
The first seismic activity on the Moon was measured by the Apollo astronauts in the 1960s and 1970s, which found out that vast majority had occurred deep in the body's interior while a smaller number were on its surface.
It is not unusual for the islands to witness more than two-three quakes a day.
If a prediction by two US scientists were true then the world could see an increase in the number of strong earthquakes in 2018 and the next few years, a media report said.
The recent wave of tremors that shook the Hindu Kush regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan may have lasting impacts on the topography of areas as far afield as Islamabad
New Delh: The sea around the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago has witnessed 12 earthquakes in 24 hours, with almost all measuring 5 and more on the Richter scale, but no tsunami alert has been issued.The
Kathmandu: Nearly one million people have slipped below poverty line in Nepal due to two powerful earthquakes that left about 9,000 people dead and a trail of destruction across the country."The earthquakes have pushed 982,000
Kathmandu: Clutching their parents' hands, children in Nepal, many still traumatised by the last month's devastating earthquakes, today walked through the rubble of their school buildings to attend classes for the first time after the
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