Tag Archives: earthquake

Saturday, 10 December 2016 SYDNEY: A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck Saturday off the Solomon Islands, one day after a major quake, raising the threat of hazardous tsunami waves. There were no reports of fresh damage and residents did not flee their homes as they had the previous day. The epicentre …

Monday, 28 August 2017 :   A moderate earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale occurred in South of Java, Indonesia at 8.02 am today. Malaysian Meteorological Department in a statement today said the epicentre of the quake was 308 km southwest of Blitar, Indonesia and 1,292 km southeast of Tebedu, …

w Saturday 5 August A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck south Mindanao island in the Philippines on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.  The quake’s epicentre was 14 miles (22.5 km) east of the city of General Santos, which has a population of almost 600,000. Source by Internet

Saturday 5 August A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck south Mindanao island in the Philippines on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.  The quake’s epicentre was 14 miles (22.5 km) east of the city of General Santos, which has a population of almost 600,000. Source by Internet

Monday, 31 July 2017 MOSCOW — The tremor took place almost 262 kilometers (over 162 miles) east of the town of Kurilsk. The epicenter of the earthquake was located at a depth of 86.7 kilometers. There have been no reports on any damages and victims resulting from the natural disaster. …

Thursday, 20 July 2017 SYDNEY – An earthquake with an initial magnitude of 5.8 hit northeast of Tokyo on Japan’s main island of Honshu on Thursday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) reported. The quake was measured at a depth of 33 km (20 miles) about 79 km (49 miles) …

Monday, 17 July 2017 CARACAS – Nearly 7.2 million Venezuelans participated in an informal plebiscite organised on Sunday by the opposition against leftist President Nicolas Maduro’s government, according to academics monitoring the vote. That was not far off the total opposition vote of 7.7 million votes in Venezuela’s December 2015 …

Thursday, 13 July 2017 SYDNEY: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Thursday, officials said, but no Pacific-wide tsunami warning was issued. The tremor hit at a depth of 46 kilometres (28 miles) near the sparsely-populated New Ireland region, 110 kilometres southeast of the town Kokopo, the United …

Thursday, 13 July 2017 WASHINGTON – The 5.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of North Korea on Wednesday was of natural causes and not the result of a nuclear test, US Department of Defense spokesman Jamie Davis told Sputnik. The earthquake occurred 125 miles off the North Korean coast at …

Tuesday, 11 July 2017 Wellington – A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of New Zealand Tuesday, officials said, with minor shaking in the South Island but no damage reported. The quake beneath the ocean was estimated at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles), more than 475 kilometres south …