NEW DELHI — Strong earthquake tremors shook the Delhi-NCR region in the early hours of Monday, creating panic among residents. According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the tremors, registering a magnitude of 4.0, were felt around 5:36 a.m. and had a depth of 5 kilometres. The earthquake struck at a latitude of 28.59 […]
BEIJING — A devastating earthquake in China’s remote Tibet region killed at least 95 people and collapsed “many buildings” on Tuesday, state media reported, with tremors also felt in neighbouring Nepal’s capital Kathmandu and parts of India. Videos published by China’s state broadcaster CCTV showed houses destroyed with walls torn apart. Rescue workers waded through […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — An earthquake of Magnitude 5.7 on the Richter Scale hits Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory on Thursday. However, there were no reports of any loss of life or damage to the property. The earthquake, with its epicentre in Afghanistan occurred at around 11:26 am at a depth of 255 km, the National […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Two consecutive earthquakes struck the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday morning, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said. However, there were no reports of any loss of life or damage to the property. The first earthquake, with a Magnitude of 4.9 on the Richter scale and an epicenter in […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — An earthquake of Magnitude 3.5 on the Richter Scale hits the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory on Saturday. However, there were no reports of any loss of life or damage to the property. The earthquake, with its epicentre in Kiar occurred at around 05:34 pm at a depth of […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — An earthquake of Magnitude 4.1 on the Richter Scale hits the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory on Friday. However, there were no reports of any loss of life or damage to the property. The earthquake, with its epicentre in Baramulla occurred at around 12:26 pm at a depth of […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — An earthquake of Magnitude 3.4 on the Richter Scale hits the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory on Wednesday. However, there were no reports of any loss of life or damage to the property. The earthquake, with its epicentre near Kishtwar occurred at around 01:33 am at a depth of […]
TAIPEI — Four people were killed and 97 others sustained injuries after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked Hualien in Taiwan on Wednesday morning, local media reported. A red alert for tsunami has been issued after the earthquake. The temblor was epicentred at 23.81 degrees north latitude and 121.74 degrees east longitude, at a depth of 12 […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — An earthquake of Magnitude 3.6 on the Richter Scale hits the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory on Tuesday. However, there were no reports of any loss of life or damage to the property. The earthquake, with its epicentre near Kishtwar occurred at around 08:53 am at a depth of […]
JAMMU — A magnitude 3.9 earthquake hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district in the early hours of Thursday, officials said. There were no reports of any loss of life or damage to property, they added. The earthquake, with its epicentre near Kishtwar, occurred at 12.38 am, the National Centre for Seismology said. The quake hit […]