After Myanmar horror, Japan warns of "megaquake" that could kill over 3 lakh, experts say India faces even greater riskJapan has warned about a potential megaquake along the Nankai Trough. Experts say a similar or even more severe earthquake is overdue in th...
07 Apr, 2025, 12.07 PM IST
The Great Himalayan Earthquake: A matter of 'when' not 'if'A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand, causing over 1,000 deaths and nearly 2,400 injuries. Experts warn that the...
29 Mar, 2025, 12.37 PM IST
Delhi has survived nearly 500 tremors in 30 years but a specialist has a 8.0 magnitude warning for national capitalDelhi Earthquakes: The recent 4.0 magnitude tremor in Delhi-NCR highlights the potential threat of a major earthquake in the Himalayas, wit...
18 Feb, 2025, 12.05 PM IST
Delhi temblor due to regional geological variation, not plate tectonic: ScientistA 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 ...
17 Feb, 2025, 01.29 PM IST
Why Delhi is sitting on a seismic timebomb with Haridwar and Moradabad connectionA 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck Delhi-NCR early Monday, marking the first significant seismic activity directly within Delhi in 295 years...
17 Feb, 2025, 11.26 AM IST
A look at recent deadly earthquakes in ChinaA powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck western China near Nepal, killing over 50 people. This is one of the deadliest earthquakes in re...
07 Jan, 2025, 12.03 PM IST
Nepal earthquakes impact Gangetic plains as region's soft soil amplifies seismic energy, say expertsWhile seismologists warned that consecutive earthquakes are foretelling bigger seismic shocks in the western Nepal Himalayan region, an exa...
04 Nov, 2023, 08.16 PM IST
4.5-magnitude earthquake jolts Western NepalEarthquakes are a frequent occurrence in mountainous Nepal. In April, two moderate-intensity earthquakes recorded as 5.2 and 4.1 on the Ric...
24 May, 2023, 01.21 PM IST
Earthquake in India's Himalayas to be felt in Sri LankaSri Lanka's capital Colombo and the northern capital of Jaffna are likely to feel the effect of any powerful earthquake happening in the Hi...
25 Feb, 2023, 09.05 PM IST
Earthquake of magnitude 4.1 hits Himachal PradeshThe epicentre of the temblor, which struck at 9:32 pm, was located 27 km north-northwest of Mandi in the hill state. Tremors were felt in M...
16 Nov, 2022, 11.46 PM IST
Strong likelihood of big earthquake in Himalayan region, need to prepare better: ScientistsSenior geophysicist of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Ajay Paul said the Himalayas have come into existence as a result of a collisio...
09 Nov, 2022, 09.44 PM IST
Himalayas poised for a series of big earthquakes, says studyThe study notes that the sequence of future Himalayan earthquakes could be similar to the great earthquakes that occurred in the twentieth ...
23 Oct, 2020, 09.41 AM IST
5.3 magnitude earthquake jolts central Nepal, no damage reportedThe aftershock was reported at 10 am with epicentre located at Sindhupalchowk district, according to the National Seismological Centre.
19 Nov, 2015, 12.59 PM IST
Delhi needs to prepare for devastating earthquakes: ExpertsDelhi needs to prepare for devastating earthquakes as experts say it is prone to severe tremors and the region can be rattled by tectonic s...
27 Oct, 2015, 04.23 AM IST
Mild aftershock recorded in earthquake-hit NepalNormalcy is slowly returning to Nepal five weeks after two deadly earthquakes struck the country, leaving nearly 9,000 people dead and inju...
18 Jun, 2015, 06.19 PM IST
Nepal Earthquake: Strong possibility of quake in Central Himalayas; Himachal Pradesh in high strain region, say expertsWhile there is no way to predict an earthquake, sampling seismic data over past 150 years points to possibility of a huge quake over next f...
28 Apr, 2015, 07.40 AM IST
'Eight lakh may die if magnitude 8 quake hits Himalaya region'Over eight lakh people may die if an earthquake measuring 8 on the Richter scale occurs in the seismically-active Himalayan states.
06 Oct, 2013, 11.21 AM IST