A major magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the South Pacific on Thursday. The earthquake generated a tsunami that threatened island nations in the region. The earthquake struck on Thursday local time (1320 GMT Wednesday) about 415 kilometers east of Vao in New Caledonia. The depth of the earthquake was 10 kilometers, according to the US […]
At least 34 people have been killed and more than 600 injured after a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck and toppled buildings in Indonesia’s Sulawesi island in the early hours of Friday, according to authorities. The epicenter of the Earthquake was six kilometers (3.73 miles) northeast of the city of Majene; at a depth of 10 […]
An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 struck Lahore and other Central Punjab cities here on Monday. The tremors felt in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Murree, and other districts of the province, according to Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD). According to Met Office, the quake hit at a depth of 65 km while the epicenter located in Indian Occupied Kashmir […]
A powerful earthquake has struck off Turkey’s Aegean coast, north of the Greek island of Samos, officials said. The 7.0 magnitude tremor was centered off Turkey’s Izmir province, the US Geological Survey said, and was felt as far away as Athens and Istanbul. Turkey put the magnitude of the quake at 6.6, saying 20 buildings […]
Earthquake tremors were felt in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swat and nearby areas, reported Thursday. The intensity of the earthquake was 5.6 on the Richter magnitude scale. According to the News, no casualties have been reported so far. The epicenter was reported below the Hindukush region of Afghanistan, according to the Met department. Meanwhile, according to the […]
Two people have died and 22 others were injured as they fled their homes in a panic following a magnitude 5.1 earthquake that hit northern Iran early on Friday (20:18 GMT on Thursday), according to state media. Among the dead were a 21-year-old woman in Tehran who suffered heart failure, and a 60-year-old man in […]
