Philippines warns of metre-high tsunami waves for several hours after 7.8 quake jolts Mindanao coastPhilippines earthquake: A powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off Mindanao island in the southern Philippines on June 8, 2026. Tsunami...
08 Jun, 2026, 06.43 AM IST
Bermuda Triangle mystery takes dramatic turn as scientists reveal what’s really hidden deep beneath the Atlantic OceanBermuda Triangle mystery solved: Scientists have uncovered a geological secret beneath Bermuda. A massive, lighter rock layer, formed durin...
15 May, 2026, 08.51 PM IST
Why This Strange Underwater “Lost City” Has Scientists Talking About Alien LifeScientists have found a vibrant 'Lost City' deep in the Atlantic Ocean, thriving without sunlight. This discovery suggests life can exist i...
11 May, 2026, 03.18 AM IST
Tales of tunnels underneath village prove to be true, a Group of Researchers Found a Tunnel System Beneath a Village, But No One Knows Who Built ThemMysterious tunnels in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, once dismissed as legend, are now being investigated. A local society formed in 2024 found evid...
06 May, 2026, 06.47 PM IST
Magnitude 4.8 earthquake rattles part of Italy northeast of Florence, but no damage reported so farAn earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck Tuscany on Monday with epicentre near Marradi, northeast of Florence. However, no major damage was re...
18 Sep, 2023, 11.11 AM IST
Uttarakhand govt to conduct comprehensive survey of state's disaster-prone citiesThe Uttarakhand government will conduct a comprehensive survey of disaster-prone cities and towns, including geophysical and geo-mapping in...
20 Aug, 2023, 08.51 PM IST
NCS conducting geophysical and geological surveys to study earthquakes in Delhi-NCR: MoESDelhi experienced four small earthquakes during April - August 2020, with the first event of magnitude 3.5 on April 12 in the northeastern ...
05 Jan, 2021, 04.01 PM IST
NMDC signs MoA with Geological Survey of India for sharing of Aero-Geophysical DataThe MoA pertains to sharing of data in part of Obvious Geological Potential (OGP Block-2) in the state.
06 Mar, 2019, 07.23 PM IST
China looks at an Indian to save itself from natural disastersGeophysicist Paramesh Banerjee will be the first Indian to head a Chinese scientific institution though many Indians scientists already wor...
09 Jul, 2018, 07.00 PM IST
- Huge underground deposit of ice found on Mars
New York, Nov 23 (IANS) Using data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists have discovered a large deposit of ice beneath a reg...
23 Nov, 2016, 03.20 PM IST
Movement of Greenland ice during past 9,000 years mappedThe snowfall rates were higher in the past 9,000 years with the slow stiffening of the ice sheet and the collapse of an "ice bridge" that u...
05 Feb, 2016, 01.24 PM IST
- Shillong gets state of the art research centre to generate model for earthquake predictions
The government has set up a state of the art institution — Shillong Geophysical Research Centre (SGRC) — to study seismic processes and gen...
19 Jan, 2016, 05.55 PM IST
Chinese firm to build early earthquake warning system in NepalChina started to pay attention to early earthquake warnings after the 8.0-magnitude Wenchuan earthquake, which killed nearly 70,000 people.
04 Aug, 2015, 04.54 PM IST
Comet dust discovered first time on Earth's surfaceUntil recently, the only way scientists could collect comet dust without going to space has been by flying research planes high in the stra...
10 Dec, 2014, 03.10 PM IST
Cairn India signs MoU with Geophysical Research Institute and GVK-EMRICairn India, on Tuesday signed two separate MoUs with Geophysical Research Institute and GVK-EMRI.
02 Jul, 2013, 08.25 PM IST
- Experts stress on research in Geophysics for energy security
Experts want better resource allocation and more focus for research in the areas of geophysics. Scientists too are planning to extend scope...
29 Oct, 2012, 07.54 PM IST
- Earthquake vibrations felt in Andhra Pradesh: NGRI
No quake, in fact, occurred in Andhra Pradesh. The vibrations of the massive quake in Indonesia were only felt in Andhra Pradesh.
11 Apr, 2012, 05.48 PM IST