earthquakes

News Desk Islamabad: A state of emergency has been declared in southern Iceland following a deadly volcanic eruption, marking the fourth such event since December of the last year. Reports from the British Broadcasting Corporation…

Xinhua/APP Tokyo: The death toll has risen to 65 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 3 pm local time on Wednesday after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, with aftershocks and…

AFP/APP Beijing: The death toll from China's deadliest earthquakein years has risen to 148 as of Friday, according to state media reports. The focus has shifted towards resettling the thousands displaced by the disaster. The quake…

AA/APP Azerbaijan: A 5.6-magnitude earthquake rattled Azerbaijan in the early hours of Thursday, originating from the Caspian Sea, as reported by the Azerbaijan Seismological Service Centre. The seismic event occurred at 8:16 am (0416…

Xinhua/APP Hong Kong: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 jolted the Mariana Islands on Friday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 20.31 degrees north latitude…

News Desk Quetta: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has initiated a series of multi-hazard mock drills and exercises to enhance the preparedness and response capabilities of Balochistan’s disaster management agencies to…

Xinhua/APP Hong Kong: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted the South Indian Ocean on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences reported. The quake's epicenter, located at a depth of 10.0 km, was initially…

Xinhua/APP Beijing: A magnitude-5.6 earthquake jolted Tonga at 0302 GMT on Friday, informed the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicentre, with a depth of 35 km, was initially determined to be at 17.58 degrees south latitude and 173.77…

Xinhua/APP Beijing: A magnitude 5.0 earthquake shook the South Sandwich Islands region at 04:12:19 GMT on Monday, informed U.S. Geological Survey. The epicentre, with a depth of 147.1 km, was initially determined to be at 55.90…

News Desk Islamabad: A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 rocked Izu Island, Japan, at depth on Tuesday. The epicentre of the temblor was located off the coast of Japan's northwestern Miyako Island at a latitude of 26.5 degrees…