earthquakes

Xinhua/APPHong 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 DeskQuetta: 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/APPHong 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/APPBeijing: 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/APPBeijing: 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…

News DeskPeshawar: Himalayan glaciers disappeared 65 percent faster in the 2010s than in the previous decade; the glaciers could lose up to 80 per cent of their current volume by the end of this century; the availability of water in the…

APPAbbottabad: A teenage girl died of cardiac arrest in Narayan Valley on Tuesday night due to the fear caused by the magnitude 6.8 earthquake.According to the details, panic erupted in Abbottabad as a result of the earthquake’s…

News DeskIslamabad: The Association of Private Sector Universities of Pakistan (APSUP) and the Pakistan Association of Private Medical and Dental Institutions (PAMI) have collectively launched the Mission Essar Earthquake Relief Fund to…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Yes, that’s the Blue Area, the heart of Islamabad where it ends; it is the Red Zone which is practically inaccessible to the commoner in Pakistan. This picture tells many things, such as how serious the…