[ad_1] SRINAGAR: A 3.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Kashmir valley on Monday with panicked residents running out of their homes at some places. According to National Center for Seismology, the epicenter was in Baramulla district and the quake took place at a depth of 10 km. It said the earthquake occurred atContinue Reading
[ad_1] We must retrofit and audit the existing infrastructure to ensure that they are able to withstand seismic forces, and we must change our construction practices to suit the seismicity of our zone, writes Uzma Khan An undated photograph showing Christain missionaries treating people in an open dispensary in Baramulla. TheContinue Reading
[ad_1] University of Washington professor of seismology and geohazards Harold Tobin who also heads the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, explains the differences between predicting and forecasting earthquakes An aerial view of the devastation by the February 2023 earthquake in Hatay, Turkey. In short, no. Science has not yet found a way toContinue Reading
[ad_1] SRINAGAR: A woman suffered ‘minor injuries’ after a house she was dwelling in collapsed allegedly after last night’s earthquake in this district, reports and officials said on Wednesday. The locals claimed that the house at Balnoi village of Mankote Mendhar area in the district collapsed after last night’s 6.6Continue Reading
[ad_1] SRINAGAR: The powerful tremors that shook Kashmir valley at around 10:17 pm on Tuesday and made the frightened people flee their homes, has killed at least nine people in Pakistan and four in Afghanistan, as per media reports. In Afghanistan, at least four people were killed and 70 othersContinue Reading
[ad_1] by Gyaneshwar Dayal Earthquakes cannot be predicted because geologists are still limited to studying the Earth’s surface and haven’t been able to study the planet’s crust, a hundred km below where the earthquakes originate. An aerial view of the devastation by the February 2023 earthquake in Hatay, Turkey. ItContinue Reading
[ad_1] SRINAGAR: Deputy commissioner Kupwara on Tuesday termed the reports of deaths in the district following strong earthquake in Jammu and Kashmir as fake and baseless. Dattatray said the reports doing rounds on social media about 3 deaths in Kupwara due to earthquake are fake. He said no such incidentContinue Reading
[ad_1] As a shallow, inland earthquake of a huge magnitude flattened a vast belt straddling the border between Turkey and Syria killing thousands of people instantly, a number of Kashmiri students have joined relief and rescue teams. Khalid Bashir Gura talked to a few of them to report the stateContinue Reading
[ad_1] by Tazeem Nazir SRINAGAR: The death toll in the Turkey-Syria earthquake has crossed 25000 people as rescuers from more than 90 countries, including India, are desperately looking for survivors in the debris. Since February 6, when the twin earthquakes flattened a vast belt straddling the border, the region hasContinue Reading
[ad_1] SRINAGAR: More than 2600 people were reported dead in a devastating earthquake that flattened most of Turkey’s Gaziantep area bordering Syria. The devastation is visible across Turkey’s 10 provinces and a vast belt in war-torn Syria. Depremler sonrası *Hatay’ın yukarıdan görüntüsü: pic.twitter.com/RnSi8yNTzA — ibrahim Haskoloğlu (@haskologlu) February 6, 2023Continue Reading