earthquakes

Series Of Earthquakes Shake Southern California, No Reported Damage

08 Sep 2024

Southern California was rattled by a series of earthquakes on Saturday, with tremors felt in several locations including Los Angeles, Ontario, Eastvale, and Rancho Cucamonga. The US Geological Survey (USGS) recorded two significant quakes during the day. Details of the Earthquakes The first earthquake, measuring 3.5 in magnitude, struck just...

Nepal Hit by 5.6 Magnitude Quake, Shakes Felt in Delhi

06 Nov 2023

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on Monday afternoon, causing seismic activity in Delhi and the surrounding areas. The National Seismological Centre (NSC) confirmed the event occurred on Monday at 4:16 p.m. "A seismic event with a magnitude of 5.6 occurred on 06-11-2023 at 16:16:40 IST, Latitude: 28.89, Longitude: 82.36,...

Three earthquakes jolt Rajasthan’s Jaipur within half an hour

21 Jul 2023

In the early hours of Friday, three back-to-back earthquakes struck Jaipur in Rajasthan within a 30-minute period. Around 4.10 am, the pink city experienced its first earthquake, measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale, which compelled residents to flee their homes. The National Centre for Seismology (NCS) reports that at around...

After hundreds of earthquakes, New Zealand raises the alert level on the Taupo volcano, a first.

20 Sep 2022

Scientists in New Zealand raised the alert level for the volcano beneath the country's largest lake, which caused the largest eruption on Earth in the previous 5,000 years when it erupted about 1,800 years ago. The geological agency GeoNet said in a statement that it had detected nearly 700 small...