4.5 magnitude earthquake hits Afghanistan
World | Aug 19, 2021, 01:10 PM ISTThis is the 2nd earthquake in Afghanistan within a span of a 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 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.
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.
The quake was reported at 5.39 pm with its epicentre at 97 km west-northwest of Luwuk, Indonesia, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
The tremors were felt at nearly 5 am, in South of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh today. The epicentre of the earthquake was yet not known.
An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 on the Richter Scale was felt in Sikkim's Gangtok on Sunday.
Earlier on Wednesday, an earthquake of magnitude 5.3 on the Richter scale hit Rajasthan's Bikaner.
Meghalaya's West Garo Hills and Ladakh region were also hit by an earthquake of magnitude 4.1 and 3.6 respectively.
There was no report of any casualty or damage to property.
The shocks were also felt in Nanded, located about 200 km from Yavatmal and 140 km from Latur.
The earthquake struck at 3:49 p.m. south of the Lake Tahoe area. Its epicenter was centered 20 miles (32 kilometers) southwest of Smith Valley, Nevada.
A National Center for Seismology report said the quake was recorded at 8.45 am, having an epicentre at Goalpara in Lower Assam at a depth of 14 km.
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