Kangra safe corners
The Himalaya is the youngest range of mountains in the world are immensely prone to earthquakes. The entire range falls in seismic zone 5 and 4 - …
Republic quaked
Gujarat is paying a heavy price for a calamity that is by far the biggest government-made disaster since Independence. As the state crawls out …
Kudankulam meltdown
The spectre of Fukushima continues to haunt the world, forcing governments in most parts of the globe to rethink their plans to tap this …
Garhwal, Himachal could experience a 8 magnitude quake in future: study
New paper says this is because very less seismic energy has been released since the 1975 Kinnaur earthquake
Nepal earthquake reconstruction won't succeed until vulnerability of survivors is addressed
In Nepal, 80% of human settlement is often referred to as “informal”. These are households not in compliance with building norms and …
Seismic activity has gone through the roof in last two months
Since December 2, 2016, there have been around 420 earthquakes of magnitude over 5 along all major continental plate boundaries
Man-made earthquakes triggered by fracking, dams are not localised: Study
It was until now believed that such disturbances are limited to an area near the site of injection.
‘Earthquake swarm’ in Palghar: Why Maharashtra district is being hit since November
Experts say the situation cannot be taken lightly as many major earthquakes in the region have been preceded by earthquake swarm activity
Geysers can help predict quakes
Erratic eruptions of gushing hot springs have been recorded before the occurrence of tremors. Though scientists are not sure why this happens, …
The slower, the safer
Geologists in the US have discovered that earthquakes can also occur slowly causing minimal damage
Your own seismograph
With the help of a cheap seismograph you can now monitor quakes, small or large, without taking the trouble of moving out of your backyard
To quake or not to quake
Earthquakes occurring below oceans have been the subject of intense speculation of seismologists across the globe. Theories of the past have …
Two decades of Earth data at your fingertips
Check out NASA's latest offering on two decades of changes on Earth, namely detailed views of volanoes fuming, hurricanes flooding, dams being …
'Himalayan region will have earthquakes greater than magnitude 8 in the future'
Interview with Rebecca Bendick, Geologist and Professor at the department of geosciences in the University of Montana
‘We know where earthquakes can strike, but never when’
Mike Searle, lecturer at the Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University and senior research fellow in Worcester College, Oxford, tells …
Quake Escape
Geoscientist Harsh Gupta speaks to Dinsa Sachan on the need for an early warning system for earthquakes
Balancing boulders
Earthquake- free regions may be pinpointed by studying the number of delicately poised rocks that dot them
Terror unearthed?
California is sitting on gases at very high pressure that are enough to trigger earthquakes in near future
Guidebook to world of tremors, earthquakes
The Crack in the Centre of the World, America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 by Simon Winchester Penguin 2006
‘There is no reliable prediction of size and place of earthquake’
The rate of earthquake occurrence worldwide, or India in general, has not increased in the last few years, say experts
Maluku earthquake: Why do some ocean earthquakes cause tsunamis while others don’t?
Shallow subduction zone earthquakes actually displace the seafloor and the ocean above it
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
Punarvasan: A Document on Reconstruction in Post-Earthquake Marathwada Audio Visual Unit, Tata Institute of Social Sciences 58 min English Rs …