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 Indian Coast Guard said a "silvery oil sheen" of 50 metres in width was spotted and all precautions are being taken. The spill had not reached the shore, it added.
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Monday said it rescued 12 fishermen stranded around 35 nautical miles off the Kochi coast amid rough seas due to the incoming Cyclone Tauktae on the night of May 16.
Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has announced that the state administration is on alert and fully prepared if the possible cyclone hits the state.
Sources said that following the reports of kidnapping of the Indians, the Indian mission in Nigeria has approached the African nation's authorities for help to ascertain the details and rescue the abducted Indians.
The ministry said the plane did not come under fire and that preliminary information indicates the crash could have been caused by a bird being sucked into one of the plane's engines.
Mumbai: Referring to the recent incident of ‘Pakistani terror boat', the Bombay High Court today asked Maharashtra government to inform in detail what measures it had taken to tighten the coastal security in Mumbai and
Bhubaneswar: India today tested a 1,000 kg indigenously-developed glide bomb, which successfully hit a target 100 kms away, in the Bay of Bengal off the Odisha coast, making the country self-reliant in guided precision bombs.“The
Visakhapatnam /New Delhi: A Torpedo Recovery Vessel of Indian Navy today sunk off the Visakhapatnam coast during a naval exercise killing one sailor while four others went missing.23 people have been rescued and a search
Tokyo: A 7.6-magnitude earthquake rocked the Japanese coast near Iwaki, Honshu on Friday night triggering a tsunami advisory. Seismic sea waves are expected to strike the coast, officials said. People living in coastal areas have
Accra (Ghana): World No.24 Ghana will be seeded for the final play-off draw for the 2014 Brazil FIFA World Cup.The 'Black Stars' will be seeded alongside Ivory Coast, Algeria, Nigeria and Tunisia -- the five
Beijing, July 21: A 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted the sea off the South Island of New Zealand on Sunday, the China Earthquake Networks Centre said.The epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was monitored at 41.7
Panaji, Jun 25: Goa government has expressed concern over a ship carrying arms and ammunition, which has begun drifting towards its shore after being stranded mid-sea and is reportedly on the verge of being wrecked.Goa
Lima, Peru, Oct 29: A magnitude-6.9 earthquake centered off Peru's central coast sent people running panicked into the streets Friday in cities badly damaged by a killer quake four years earlier. There were no reports
Mumbai, Mar 27: Indian Navy has rescued 16 crew members - 12 Iranians and four Pakistanis - of a hijacked vessel after three-hour-long operation against the Somali pirates who were trying to capture another ship,
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