A 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Delhi's Dhaula Kuan early Monday, with a shallow focal depth of 5 km causing loud sounds and strong ...

The National Center for Seismology reported that Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, was struck by a 5.3 magnitude earthquake on the Richter Scale at...

The absence of a building permit system is identified as a key factor contributing to the extensive damage to houses in the subsidence-hit ...

Addressing the workshop, he said there was a critical need for fundamental research on the physical processes that lead to failure of the b...

Climatic factors such as excessive precipitation and flow of water from mountains into massive cracks and fractures in the sub-surface rock...

Chamoli District Magistrate Himanshu Khurana on Saturday said that there is no subsidence in the entire area of Joshimath but there is a pa...

The district administration subsequently put a ban on the construction of Helang bypass by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), work of the...

Senior geophysicist of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Ajay Paul said the Himalayas have come into existence as a result of a collisio...

The Kedarnath deluge had claimed nearly 5,000 lives, while the Rishiganga flash floods killed more than 200 people besides causing severe d...

There was no report of any loss of life or property, the District Disaster Management office said.

The quake struck around 4:38 pm with its epicenter thought to be 33 km north-northeast of Pithoragarh, according to the National Center for...

Yes, according to a top disaster official, who adds that a major earthquake "is long overdue in the central seismic gap of the Himalayan fr...

Experts say up to a 90-second early warning can be provided if a massive earthquake with an epicentre in Uttarakhand were to hit in the Him...

There was no immediate report of any casualty or damage to property, officials said.

Tarun Vijay said, "It has become a parking place for the retired...Even the CAG has criticised it in its report last year."

The quake had its epicentre in the Garhwal region and was felt by the residents of Chamoli and Pauri districts, it said.

Parts of the Indian Himalayan region are facing the risk of major earthquakes in the future, according to a study conducted by city-based N...