The new toll comes at a time when relief operations are expanding — the U.S.-based aid agency Samaritan’s Purse opened a field hospital Saturday — but authorities are struggling with security at distribution points. Gangs have hijacked aid trucks and desperate crowds have scuffled over bags of food.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor occurred at 11.24 a.m., with its epicentre at a latitude of 37.6 degrees north and a longitude of 141.7 degrees east, and at depth of 60 km, reports Xinhua news agency.
The earthquake jolted the region at 00:45 GMT. The quake had a depth of 10 km, USGS said.
Jitendra Singh on Saturday said that India is going to have 35 more earthquake observatories by the end of this year.
No damage to property or casualty was reported due to the moderate-intensity earthquake, officials of the district administration said.
The reasons are a combination of factors, including a seismically active area, a high population density of 11 million people and buildings that are often designed to withstand hurricanes -- not earthquakes.
Angry crowds also massed at collapsed buildings in the city, demanding tarps to create temporary shelters after Tropical Storm Grace brought heavy rain at the beginning of the week.
This is the 2nd earthquake in Afghanistan within a span of a week.
The epicenter of the quake was about 125 kilometers (78 miles) west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The widespread damage could worsen by early next week, with Tropical Storm Grace predicted to reach Haiti late Monday or early Tuesday, bringing torrential rains.
A moderate intensity earthquake of magnitude 3.1 struck Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district on Sunday, a disaster management official said.
An earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitudes on the Richter scale jolted Haiti on Saturday. The quake was reported at 5.59 pm with its epicenter at 12 km northeast of Saint-Louis du Sud, Haiti, according to the USGS. The depth of the quake was 10 km.
An earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted Haiti on Saturday, United States Geological Survey reported.
According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the quake was reported at 5.27 pm with its epicentre at 136 km southeast of Perryville.
The US Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami warning.
An earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter Scale hit Uttarakhand's Dehradun on Tuesday.
An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter Scale hit Mizoram on Monday.
The quake was also felt in the Turkish coastal town of Datca in Mugla province. Turkey’s emergency and disaster authority AFAD gave the magnitude as 5.5. Turkish authorities have not reported any damage.
The earthquake caused many citizens of Sullana to leave their homes. A woman was injured after being trapped under a collapsed wall while a car was crushed by bricks.
The earthquake hit 91 kilometers southeast of the town of Perryville with a tsunami warning in effect for south Alaska and the Alaskan peninsula.
Two other earthquakes with preliminary magnitudes of 6.2 and 5.6 occurred in the same area within a half hour of the first one, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
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