A devastating 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan late Sunday night, resulting in a tragic loss of life. The death toll has...

New Jersey earthquake today rattled New York City, Connecticut, and the Hudson Valley, marking the second tremor in just three days. The 2....

A 4.3 magnitude earthquake hit near Muscoy in California. Tremors felt across Southern California. A 3.1 magnitude aftershock occurred in R...

A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand, causing over 1,000 deaths and nearly 2,400 injuries. Experts warn that the...

Most of the confirmed deaths were in the eastern province of Paktika, where 255 people were killed and more than 200 injured, Ayubi added. ...

The high density of population and a large number of high-rises in Gurgaon make the National Capital Region all the more risky.

The company installs dampers – shock absorbers that soak up earthquake energy – inside buildings, both under construction and completed.

Disaster maps will help government and humanitarian organisations get crucial citizen data like whereabouts and movements in times of any d...

A majority of these places are in the Himalayas, one of the most seismically active regions in the world. These cities have a combined popu...

If India wants to reduce the risk of disasters, its natural habitats should not be disturbed, Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju...

Since predicting earthquakes is nearly impossible, scientists try to study the past records to try decipher some clues for future forecasti...

The researchers believe that some of this stress has shifted west, to an area stretching from the west of Pokhara in Nepal to the north of ...

North Bengal, Sikkim and Nepal are definitely on a risk zone of high level of seismic activity.

The Red Cross today launched an emergency appeal for USD 35 million to cater to 75,000 people hit by the worst earthquake in 80 years in Ne...

An NIDM paper on the national disaster risk profile, referring to scientific assessments, warned that very severe earthquakes were likely t...

Coastal erosion and lightning, two disasters that often strike Kerala with fatal consequences, are not mentioned in the central government'...

China is experiencing civic protest over its ambitious plans to build massive nuclear power plants following the disaster in a Japanese ato...