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A magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua today, causing nervous residents to panic about a week after a tsunami killed hundreds further west in the archipelago. Though the US Geological Survey gave a 5.8 magnitude, Indonesian authorities measured the quake with a magnitude of 6.1 and said it was “felt quite strongly for several seconds”. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The region in Papua, which makes up half the island known as New Guinea, is sparsely populated. The epicentre of the quake was on land near the city of Manokwari at a ... Read more

Tremors were felt in Delhi and the National Capital Region today morning after mild earthquake in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale struck 6 km from Kharkhauda in Meerut, at 6.28 am, it said. No loss of life or damage to property have been reported so far. Another medium intensity quake hit Haryana’s Jhajjar district and the tremors were also felt in Delhi. The earthquake occurred at 6.28 am today at a depth of 10 km and had a magnitude of 3.7. On Sunday morning, an earthquake of 3.8 magnitude ... Read more

An earthquake measuring over 3.7 on the Richter scale shook Gujarat, with Sardar Sarovar Dam located in the Narmada dam being the epicentre. According to media reports, the exact location of the quake was developed 38 km east of the Narmada dam, by around 4.56 pm on Saturday. Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) following the incident has reviled that the current epicentre has a calibre to produce over 6.5 magnitude quake. Back in 1970, a 5.4 magnitude quake was felt at Bharuch with Narmada rift being an active quake zone. Meanwhile, it was the fourth consecutive earthquake in the state ... Read more

ഡല്‍ഹിയിലെ വിവിധ പ്രദേശങ്ങളിലും ഉത്തരേന്ത്യന്‍ സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളിലും ഭൂചലനം. റിക്ടര്‍ സ്കെയിലില്‍ 6.1 രേഖപ്പെടുത്തിയ ഭൂചലനമാണ് അനുഭവപ്പെട്ടത്. അഫ്ഗാനിസ്ഥാനിലെ ഹിന്ദുകുശ് മലനിരകളാണ്‌ ഭൂകമ്പത്തിന്‍റെ പ്രഭവകേന്ദ്രം. കശ്മീരിലും മറ്റ് ഉത്തരേന്ത്യന്‍ സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളിലും ഭൂചലനം അനുഭവപ്പെട്ടു.  ഇതുവരെ ആളപായം റിപ്പോര്‍ട്ട്‌ ചെയ്തിട്ടില്ല. ഡല്‍ഹി മെട്രോ ട്രെയിന്‍ സര്‍വീസ് താല്‍ക്കാലികമായി നിര്‍ത്തിവെച്ചു.