Earthquake
6.2 magnitude Tremors Felt in Delhi
NEW DELHI: Strong tremors (with epicenter in Nepal*) were felt here and the adjoining territories on Tuesday (3rd of October, 2023) at 2.51 local time (11.51 GMT). It may be…
Quake anger ebbs in Erdogan stronghold ahead of vote
KAHRAMANMARAS (TURKEY): Latif Dalyan offers shirts and sweatpants at knock-down prices to Turkey's earthquake victims from a storefront surrounded by piles of debris. The last person the 58-year-old shopkeeper wants…
Earthquake
Pak Earthquake death toll reaches 11
ISLAMABAD: NDMA on Thursday (23rd of March, 2023) issued a detailed report on damages and losses due to the recent earthquake of 6.8 magnitude that shook the northern parts of…
NDMA’s 20th relief cargo reaches Türkiye
LAHORE: The NDMA took to the Twitter to inform about another tranche of 1,350 (Type-II) fire-resistant winterized tents (100 tonnes load) from here to Türkiye by means of a special…
Will quake hit Istanbul within 30 years
ISTANBUL: The helmet-topped engineer drove his pointy instrument into the concrete to test whether Durmus Uygun's building will crumble when the feared big quake finally strikes Istanbul. https://twitter.com/i/status/1630175421093257218 "I'm pretty…
Quake-hit Syria approves aid delivery to rebel-held areas
DAMASCUS: The Syrian government said on Friday it had approved the delivery of humanitarian aid to areas outside its control in the quake-hit rebel-held northwest of the country. "The Council…
Türkiye-Syria Earthquakes: Toll rises to 21,000
ANKARA: The death toll from the Turkiye-Syria deadly earthquakes has risen to more than 21,000. According to Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay, at least 17,674 people have been killed in…
Pakistan to extend every possible support to Turkiye
LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday (10th of Feb, 2022) said Pakistan would extend every possible support to Turkiye in the wake of catastrophic earthquake that killed and injured…
Earthquake: 23 Pakistanis evacuated
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday (9th of Feb, 2023) confirmed that 23 Pakistani nationals were evacuated from the quake-hit Turkiye, while no casualties were reported so far. “So far,…
Earthquake in Türkiye/Syria sparks a global response
HATAY (Turkey): Rescuers in Turkey and Syria braved freezing darkness, aftershocks and collapsing buildings Tuesday, as they dug for survivors buried by a string of earthquakes that killed at least…
Pak assistance, search and rescue team reaches Türkiye
ISLAMABAD: On the instructions of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif a special plane carrying humanitarian assistance reached Türkiye. https://twitter.com/i/status/1622827495291760641 The C-130 plane which was carrying a search and rescue team of…
Turkey quake tremors felt as far away as Greenland
COPENHAGEN: Tremors from the powerful earthquake that rocked Turkey and neighboring Syria on Monday were felt as far away as Greenland, the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland said. "The…
GB jolted by 5.3 magnitude Earthquake
GILGIT/BALTISTAN: Pakistan Meteorological Dept (PMD) has informed that on Monday 7.31 PM an earthquake, measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale, has jolted GB. https://twitter.com/pmdgov/status/1475482510473764866 Earthquake measured a depth of 45…
Earthquake
Int’l moot on Earthquake Engineering
PESHAWAR: The first one-day International virtual conference on "Recent Advances in Civil and Earthquake Engineering (ICCEE-2021), Making Resilient Infrastructures” Friday emphasized on application of modern design construction methods to control…
New Zealand
Tsunami warning as 7.8-magnitude hits N. Zealand
WELLINGTON: A tsunami warning was issued Friday after a strong 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit near New Zealand's remote Kermadec Islands in the Pacific, seismic monitors said. The quake, which followed earlier tremors…
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Croatia hit by 5.2 magnitude quake near Zagreb
ZAGREB: A 5.2-magnitude earthquake rattled central Croatia and the capital Zagreb early Monday morning, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, with initial reports indicating no casualties. The tremor was felt…
World ‘Tsunami Awareness Day’ marked
ISLAMABAD: Like other parts of the globe, World Tsunami Awareness day was observed here on Thursday to encourage the development of national and community-level, local disaster risk reduction strategies to…
Earthquake
5.1 magnitude earthquake jolts IIOJK
ISLAMABAD: A 5.1 magnitude earthquake jolts Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) on Tuesday. The moderate intensity earthquake jolted the occupied territory. No casualty or damage to property has been…
Minor intensity tremors jolt Malir, Landhi and Korangi areas of Karachi
KARACHI: Minor intensity tremors, measuring 3 on Richter Scale, jolted Malir, Landhi and Korangi areas of the Port City at 5.16PM today. According to Pakistan Meteorological Department epicenter of the…
Earthquake tremors felt in parts of Karachi
KARACHI: Earthquake tremors were felt in the North of Karachi on Wednesday, Pakistan Meteorological Department Director Dr Abdul Qayoom Bhutto said. The PMD official said that the magnitude was recorded…
5.7 magnitude earthquake shakes KP
PESHAWAR: An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 was recorded here today. According to details tremors were felt in Mansehra, Swat, Upper/Lower Dir, Shangla, Swabi, Malakand, Nowshera, Charsadda, Kohat, Dera Ismail Khan…
Iran
5.9 tremor hits Iran, casualties feared
TABRIZ: A shallow eight km deep 5.9 earthquake, that has struck the North-Western Iran at 2.30 AM today has claimed over 5 lives. More than three hundred people, who got…
Earthquake, measuring 5.8 on Richter scale, jolts northern Pakistan
PESHAWAR: An earthquake measuring 5.8 on Richter Scale jolted Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and northern areas on Monday morning. Meteorological Department has informed that the epicenter of the quake was 157 kilometers below…
Earthquake tremors felt in Peshawar, adjoining areas
PESHAWAR: The Meteorological Department of Pakistan has said that strong earthquake tremors were felt in several parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) including Peshawar. According to a statement by the PMD,…