The government is ramping up its earthquake preparedness efforts by expanding its pool of trained emergency responders in ...

On Friday, an earthquake of magnitude 4.5 on the Richter Scale jolted Afghanistan, a statement by the National Centre for ...

In a nation rocked by centuries of devastating earthquakes, none comes close to the death and devastation unleashed a month ...

Local groups are struggling to cope with the scale of the disaster, while the civil war means international efforts have so ...

The Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Response Force has bagged the top position in the national level ‘Collapsed Structure Search and Rescue’ (CSSR) competition organised by the National Disaster ...

The emergency cabinet meeting came amid mounting pressure from the Combined Technical Association of Nagaland (CTAN) and the Nagaland NET Qualified Forum (NNQF), supported by the Naga Students’ ...

Delhi, which lies in seismic zone 4 — categorised as a high damage risk zone — faces significant structural vulnerabilities. Municipal officials report that more than 60% of the city’s ...

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the Afghanistan-Tajikistan ... Its location on several active fault lines along the collision zone between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates makes it ...

Major cities like Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, also sit on dangerous fault lines. For example, Delhi, lies in Seismic Zone IV, right above the Delhi-Haridwar Ridge and recently a 4.0-magnitude tremor ...

Bangkok, Thailand – As Myanmar slowly recovers from the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that killed thousands in March, an even greater catastrophe continues to shape the nation’s future – this one ...

Africa has several active seismic zones. In 2016, a group of geologists created the Seismotectonic Map of Africa, highlighting regions based on historical quakes and geological activity.

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A social media account claiming to have the ability to predict earthquakes received more than 70,000 views on a post stating that the Bay Area has a very high chance of a ...