Tag: Earthquake

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck Peshawar ,Buneer,Swat and Swabi districts on Saturday. There was no immediate report of damage from the quake, which struck at 3:20...

A rare earthquake rocked the ancient town of Lorca in southeastern Spain causing homes to collapse, damaging historic churches and killing at least 10...

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck 83 miles south-west off the Pacific island of Vanuatu, USGS monitoring said on Tuesday. The quake was 16.4 miles (26...

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday, government seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage and...

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake was recorded in eastern Kazakhstan on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties...

A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 hit Panama early Saturday, the US government reported. The epicenter of the quake, which occurred at 3:19 am local time(0819...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 hit near Cilacap in Central Java on Tuesday, the Indonesian earthquake monitoring agency said, adding that no...

ISLAMABAD - A moderate 4.4 earthquake rattled Chitral and neighbouring regions on Monday morning.
According to the Meteorological Department 4.4 magnitude earthquake jolts were felt in northern parts of the country, reported private news channel.
The earthquake caused panic in Chitral as residents came out of their homes but no casualties or damage has been reported.

LAHORE - Manufacturing of different local auto-makers' variants is likely to slow down as a significant number of auto vendors in Japan, involved in the auto engine and transmission parts business, are unable to resume their production due to massive damage to their plants - by earthquake and Tsunami.
Supply chain of critical high tech parts is likely to be disrupted due to plants closure; however, stocks available with automakers will help avoid complete shut down of auto

YANGON - At least 75 people were killed and hundreds left homeless on Friday after a strong earthquake hit Myanmar, with fears that the death toll could rise significantly.
Buildings were flattened close to the epicentre while terrified residents fled their homes as tremors were felt as far away as Bangkok, Hanoi and parts of China when the magnitude 6.8 quake hit late on Thursday. Myanmar state television confirmed a toll of 74 dead and 111 injured.
Nearly 400 homes

TOKYO - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 hit northern Japan on Thursday, public broadcaster NHK said.

ISLAMABAD - A 5.6-magnitude earthquake jolted northern and central Pakistan including, Islamabad on Monday but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, said an official. The epicentre of the quake was 188 kilometres north of Islamabad in Faizabad district of northern Afghanistan, chief meteorologist Mohammad Riaz told AFP. Tremors were felt in several cities in central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad and parts of Kashmir at 2:49pm, he said.

OSAKA - A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rattled Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture south of the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake shook buildings in Tokyo, but no damage was immediately reported, public broadcaster NHK said, adding that flights at the capital's Narita Airport were briefly suspended for safety checks before resuming. The USGS said the quake struck at 6.56 pm (0956 GMT) and was centred 98

LAHORE - Survivors of the 2005 earthquake and the 2010 floods are facing acute problems including abuse, exploitation for distribution of resources especially for unaccompanied women, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi Lecturer Salman Haider said on Tuesday while presenting his research paper at a seminar.
The seminar, Findings on Internally Displaced Persons with Special Focus on Women, was organised by the Legislative Watch Group of the Aurat Foundation, Lahore. The

PORT-AU-PRINCE - Haitians on Tuesday were marking the one-year anniversary of a devastating earthquake, against the backdrop of a looming post-election report that could stoke political unrest.
Former US President Bill Clinton, who is helping to coordinate international rebuilding efforts, was expected to take part in the official ceremonies marking the anniversary of the catastrophic earthquake, which killed some 220,000 people and flattened the western hemisphere's poorest