Potential Nankai Trough megaquake fatality estimate 300,000, Japan plans to keep it under 60,000, an 80% reductionJapan aims to reduce the projected death toll from a potential Nankai Trough megaquake by 80 per cent and cut structural damage by 50 per c...
10 Jun, 2025, 01.43 PM IST
Myanmar earthquake: A nation unprepared for disasterMyanmar, already weakened by four years of civil war, faces new hardships following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 1,600 ...
30 Mar, 2025, 12.47 PM IST
Why is Taiwan so exposed to earthquakes and so well prepared to withstand them?Taiwan experienced its most potent earthquake in 25 years, resulting in at least nine fatalities, numerous injuries, and significant infras...
03 Apr, 2024, 04.41 PM IST
China earthquake death toll rises to 149, two still missing after a weekLocal authorities attributed the severity of the damage to the shallowness of the quake. The thrust-type rupture of the earthquake and the ...
25 Dec, 2023, 07.36 AM IST
Are tall buildings really more vulnerable to earthquakes? Here is what experts sayA series of tremors hit Delhi-NCR after seismic disturbances were identified in Nepal. Seven quakes were recorded, with five classified as ...
04 Oct, 2023, 03.40 PM IST
Death toll in Indonesia earthquake rises to 310Indonesia's bureau of meteorology, the BMKG, warned of a danger of landslides, particularly in the event of heavy rain, as 25 aftershocks w...
25 Nov, 2022, 06.26 PM IST
India working with 27 countries on earthquake early-warning systemThe warning could be the issued some seconds before the earthquake strikes. India is also planning to launch a satellite to track the chang...
15 Jul, 2015, 11.30 PM IST
4,000 aftershocks rattle China's earthquake-hit XinjiangFour thousand aftershocks have been recorded in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck the area.
04 Jul, 2015, 07.25 PM IST
India-origin billionaires to build 1,200 houses in NepalTwo Indian-origin billionaires in the UK have offered to build 1,200 quake-resistant houses in the affected villages of the country.
03 May, 2015, 07.45 PM IST
Nepal earthquake: Why Newari houses fell so easily to quakeKathmandu to Bhaktapur, Patan to Sankhu -the four cultural seats of the country -it's mostly the old era, mud-brick and mortar homes that f...
03 May, 2015, 10.54 AM IST
Engineers to guide residents on quake-resistant constructionsGovernment has prepared a concrete plan to register private structural engineers so that people could hire them when they build houses and ...
01 May, 2015, 07.44 PM IST
50 districts in Uttar Pradesh quake-proneThe NIDM has divided the state into three zones, with areas bordering Nepal and Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand figuring in Zone-IV.
30 Apr, 2015, 11.24 AM IST
NGRI scientists to study Nepal earthquakeThe information and knowledge obtained through the analyses would be helpful in understanding the earthquake dynamics and identify the eart...
29 Apr, 2015, 12.00 PM IST
- IIT to train professionals on quake-resistant constructions
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar said that it will impart training to civil engineers and professionals on making earthquake safe...
22 Nov, 2012, 04.54 PM IST
- Quake-proofing India
Vulnerable poor need steps to mitigate the impact of a possible quake.
16 Jan, 2010, 03.45 AM IST
- Strong Iran quake kills 4, sends tremors over Gulf
A strong earthquake rocked southern Iran on Wednesday, sending tremors across the Persian Gulf and shaking the skyscrapers of Dubai.
10 Sep, 2008, 07.58 PM IST
- China to probe collapsed schools' construction quality
China's Ministry for Housing and Urban and Rural Construction has reportedly decided to probe the construction quality of the schools which...
17 May, 2008, 03.33 PM IST