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Moderate earthquake jolts India-controlled Kashmir
Srīnagar :: India | 28 days ago
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A moderate earthquake shook India-controlled Kashmir and its adjoining areas Thursday night, forcing people to run out of their houses, said local officials Friday. According to the Disaster Management officials in Srinagar, the summer capital of...
Tags: Kashmir, Richter, controlled kashmir, richter scale, mild tremors, earthquake measuring, earthquake jolts
Strong quake hits off Indonesia
Jakarta :: Indonesia | about 1 month ago
Credibility The quake was reported to have occurred in the Banda Sea, near the Maluku islands to the east of East Timor...Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, one of the most active areas for earthquakes and volcanic activity in the world. Indonesia is still...
Tags: tsunami, Indonesian Meteorology, US Geological Survey, Banda Sea, richter scale, Maluku, Saumlaki, eastern indonesia
Alaska's Aleutian islands rocked by second quake
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility A second earthquake in less than 24 hours shook Alaska's desolate Aleutian Islands Tuesday measuring a magnitude of 6.3, US seismologists said. The quake hit some 75 miles (120 kilometers) from Nikolski off the coast at a depth of some 8.5 miles (13.7...
Tags: Alaska Earthquake Information Center, Indonesian Meteorology, Aleutian Islands, quake struck, Richter, richter scale, magnitude quake, Sulawesi Island, quake hit
Dagg latest to stick with Highlanders
Wellington :: New Zealand | about 1 month ago
Credibility Highly-rated Hawke's Bay fullback Israel Dagg has inked a deal which will allow him to play his provincial rugby for Hawke's Bay and continue his association with the Highlanders for next season's Super 14. Dagg, 21, said leaving Hawke's Bay was never...
Tags: Wellington, Israel Dagg, Hawke, Richter, richter scale, kilometres northwest
Tsunami watch issued after Indian Ocean quake
Tōkyō :: Japan | 3 months ago
Credibility A tsunami watch has been issued after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in the Indian Ocean near India's Andaman Islands, authorities said. The watch covers India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia and Bangladesh, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
Tags: Indian Ocean, Tokyo, Takeo Kawamura, drug abuse, andamans islands, Noriko Sakai, richter scale, north andamans, strong earthquake, earthquake jolts
Earthquake and aftershocks shake Plovdiv
Plovdiv :: Bulgaria | 4 months ago
Credibility In 2002, following an earthquake there were 50 aftershocks, 15 of which were felt by the population. On July 27, the first tremor was felt at 11.39am, with a magnitude of 3.6 on the Richter Scale, 13km south east of Plovdiv, five km northwest of Assenovgrad...
Tags: Richter Scale, Southern Bulgaria, Fiordland, Plovdiv
More quakes hit New Zealand
Auckland :: New Zealand | 4 months ago
Credibility Three earthquakes with an average magnitude of 4.8 on the Richter scale hit New Zealand on Saturday. Southland civil defence said that Saturday's shocks had not injured anyone...The first and largest of the three quakes struck at 04:40 and measured 5.1...
Tags: Richter, richter scale, Southland, New Zealand Herald
Earthquake rocks Greek Crete island
Athens :: Greece | 4 months ago
Credibility An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale hit the southern Greek island of Crete Wednesday but police reported no damage nor injuries, Greek Radio said. The quake's epicenter was 19 miles deep under the sea floor and about 80 miles off the city...
Tags: Greek Radio, Crete, Athens Geodynamic Institute, Richter, richter scale, Athens Observatory, earthquake measuring
Miner dies at Goldfield's Kloof
Westonaria :: South Africa | 6 months ago
Credibility A mineworker died in a rock fall at Goldfield's Kloof Mine near Westonaria, the National Union of Mineworkers (Num) said on Wednesday. According to Num, the worker died in a rock fall following a seismic event which measured 1.5 on the Richter scale on...
Tags: Richter Scale, seismic event
Italy Quake Victims Mark Somber Easter Holiday
Rome :: Italy | 7 months ago
Credibility Thousands of people made homeless by Italy's deadliest earthquake in 30 years celebrated a somber Easter on Sunday. Six days after the quake struck and with the death toll now standing at 294, masses were held in makeshift chapels set up in tent cities.
Tags: Italy, Pope Benedict XVI, easter masses, Richter, richter scale, L'Aquila, Silvio Berlusconi, Abruzzo
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