Vanuatu's capital was without water on Wednesday, a day after reservoirs were destroyed by a violent magnitude 7.3 earthquake that wrought havoc on the South Pacific island nation, killing at least 14 people and injuring hundreds, with the figure expected to rise.
The USGS said the quake’s centre was located 37 kilometres west-southwest of Afghanistan’s Ishkashim town and had a 220.7km depth.
Taiwan was struck by a strong earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale, the second major tremor in 24 hours. Centered 34 km from Hualien in the east, the quake occurred in a seismically sensitive region prone to frequent earthquakes due to its proximity to tectonic plate boundaries.
Earthquake tremors felt in Delhi-NCR: The quake triggered panic among people, with many in Delhi and the National Capital Region reporting vigorous shaking of furniture.
Afghanistan earthquake: Earthquake of Magnitude 4.3 hits Fayzabad in Afghanistan, said National Center for Seismology.
Ambikapur earthquake: The earthquake took place 65km west nothwest of Ambikapur at around 5.28 am with Latitude 23.33 and Longitude 82.58.
On August 21 this year, the district recorded a 4.1 magnitude earthquake, with its epicentre near Dholavira, officials earlier said.
An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 struck Ladakh on late Sunday night, informed MeT.
Kathmandu: A long-absent noise — cheers — rang out in Nepal 's capital Thursday as rescuers pulled a teenager alive from the earthquake rubble he had been trapped in for five days. The joy interrupted
Kathmandu: Nearly 700 people were killed after a powerful earthquake measuring 7.9 on Richter scale struck Nepal today flattening houses and buildings including the centuries-old Dharhara tower and triggering an avalanche on Mt Everest.The earthquake
Lhasa: Houses collapsed in parts of Tibet, when an 8.1-magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal earlier on Saturday, also hit the region.Houses collapsed in Kyirong county, and communications signals were interrupted in Kyirong and Dram counties
Dhaka: An earthquake today sparked panic across Bangladesh with some 40 workers reported injured in a stampede while trying to escape from their factories. The quake was recorded with a magnitude of 7.5 on the
Mexico City: A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake off Mexico's Pacific coast state of Jalisco produced no immediate reports of damage or injuries, civil protection authorities said Sunday.Santos Munoz, a spokesman for the Jalisco State civil protection
Christchurch: A powerful magnitude-5.6 earthquake on Tuesday jolted awake many residents in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or injuries.The quake struck at 6:48 a.m. local
Panama City: The Central American countries of Panama, Costa Rica and Guatemala were rattled by powerful earthquakes on Saturday, though no casualties, nor any serious material damage were reported.A magnitude-6.4 quake hit the western part
Tokyo: Dozens of villagers are staying in shelters as aftershocks rattle a region in central Japan jolted by a weekend earthquake that injured at least 41 people and destroyed more than 50 homes.The damage in
Beijing: A strong earthquake struck a lightly populated, mountainous area of western China, killing at least two people, injuring 54 others and collapsing homes, officials said on Sunday.The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-5.9 quake
Tokyo: A strong earthquake in the mountainous area of central Japan that hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics destroyed more than half a dozen homes in a ski resort town and injured at least 30 people,
Karachi: A 5.1-magnitude earthquake today hit southwest Pakistan and tremors were felt in some areas that were devastated by a deadly temblor last month. The epicentre of the quake was 72 km southwest of Khuzdar
Beijing: A 5.9 earthquake hit a mountainous region of southwestern China today, killing at least five people and forcing thousands to relocate.The quake hit the Yunnan-Sichuan border area in the counties of Shangri-La and Deqen
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