Not just Andaman, frequency of earthquakes is increasing in northeast too
The surge in frequency of tremors hitting northeast India can be attributed to giant earthquakes that preceded them
Why the recent surge in earthquakes?
The recent surge in earthquakes and the explanation for the formation of the world's largest exposed fault have provided momentum to …
6.6 magnitude quake strikes Afghanistan
Temblor a 'deep' one in seismic parlance; tremors felt in Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Delhi
After the quake
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Houses of cards
A recent workshop reveals that the rehabilitation of the 1993 Marathwada earthquake victims was a bloody farce
Quaking mountains
The Himalayas are seismically an active mountain belt and require long-term planning of townships and other long-term measures to mitigate disasters
Interior boundaries
Cracking of a fragment of the earth's crust in Canada provides a snapshot of an amazing geological event
Warning Quakes
Frequent tremors in Khandwa, which lies on the Budwani-Sukta fault line, may be signs of a larger quake to come
Nightmare relived
Turkey is hit by another earthquake. Having learnt their lessons three months ago, government agencies react quickly to provide relief
Power of resilience
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Kath-Kuni: A young architect brings back the glory of his homeland's traditional architecture
Rahul Bhushan, a 29-year-old Himachali local and alumnus of CEPT is trying to bring back the glory of Kath-Kuni structures
‘Many seismic gaps in Himalayas capable of producing powerful earthquakes’
In an interview to Kundan Pandey, Supriyo Mitra, associate professor with the Department of Earth Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science …
Deep rumblings
Increase in incidence of earthquakes in Kerala, otherwise a seismically stable zone, is due to high sea pressure and changing land- use patterns
Himalayan hazard
The next big quake can kill 150,000 people, claim seismologists; say traditional construction is safer
Earthquakes hit Gujarat and Maharashtra
Four tremors hit Gujarat’s Saurashtra and Kutch regions early on January 20, while a 3.6 tremor hit Palghar near Thane in Maharashtra in …
Udhampur gets earthquake observatory
New seismological observatory will help further strengthen the region’s earthquake monitoring
Scientists image mysterious rock zone 3,000 km beneath Earth’s surface
They found that the speed of earthquake waves travelling through the base of the structure could be 40 per cent slower than the surrounding regions
Twelve years later, impact of Tsunami still makes waves
Down To Earth revists the causes of the massive earthquake that triggered tsunami 12 years ago and the progress scientists have made towards …
‘Faults inactive for long period could pose greater hazard’
Chan Lung-sang, professor at Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, speaks to Kundan Pandey about the probability of a bigger …
It's all in the planets
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Building against odds
Despite a host of reasons against its constuction, Pakistan decides to go ahead with building the Diamer dam
Why Indonesia needs better tsunami warning systems
Experts believe that massive underwater landslides following the Anak Krakatau volcanic eruption are responsible for the latest tsunami, but more …
Hurricane Matthew is just the latest unnatural disaster to strike Haiti
At least 1,000 people perished when Hurricane Matthew battered Haiti last week, destroying houses and displacing tens of thousands
Earthquakes don't kill, our collapsing structures do
The evidence from Italy and other earthquakes is damning: structures are not generally earthquake-proof
Making waves: the tsunami risk in Australia
Australia is surrounded by ocean, so it is not immune to the effects of tsunamis. But how significant is the risk?