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Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes near Ciudad de Aksu, Xinjiang, China

2022-12-28T19:51+0100

An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 occurred only 13 minutes ago 93 km northwest of Ciudad de Aksu, China, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter near Ciudad de Aksu, Xinjiang, China, early morning on Thursday, December 29th, 2022, at 1:16 am local time.

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes near Ciudad de Aksu, Xinjiang, China

2022-12-28T18:34+0100

Strong mag. 5.6 earthquake - China: Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang Border Region on Wednesday, Dec 28, 2022 at 11:16 pm (GMT +6)

2022-12-28T18:34+0100

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes near Ciudad de Aksu, Xinjiang, China. An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 occurred only 13 minutes ago 93 km northwest of Ciudad de Aksu, China, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter near....

Sustainability, Vol. 15, Pages 415: Investigation of Local Tsunami Effect on Coastal Areas: A Case Study of Putian City, Fujian Province, China

2022-12-27T07:58+0100

The focal mechanism solutions of the local tsunami source have a great influence on the tsunami hazard in the coastal area. A uniform rake may lead to an underestimation with an equivalent magnitude of about 0.3–0.4 compared with a non-uniform rake distribution for the numerical potential inundation results [ 20 ].

On This Day, Dec. 26: President Harry S. Truman dies at 88

2022-12-26T09:11+0100

Dec. 26 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1776, American forces under Gen. George Washington, having crossed the Delaware River on Christmas night, defeated Hessian mercenary troops fighting for the British at the Battle of Trenton, N.J. In 1908, Jack Johnson, with a 14th-round KO of Tommy Burns....

On this Day On This Day: President Harry S. Truman dies at 88

2022-12-26T09:03+0100

Actuators, Vol. 12, Pages 11: Some Recent Developments in the Vibration Control and Structure Health Monitoring

2022-12-26T08:41+0100

Vibration is a common phenomenon when a structure is exposed to mechanical or environmental actions. It may inflict great cost to lives and to the economy. In order to reduce this, and to monitor resulting damages, vibration control and structural health monitoring have become increasingly important.

Nepal-China trade set to surge with Tatopani Customs re-opening...

2022-12-25T08:40+0100

TATOPANI (The Kathmandu Post) - The Tatopani Customs at Nepal-China border in Sindhupalchok opened on Tuesday after being closed following the devastating earthquake on April 25, 2015. Four Nepali containers entered China via the newly opened customs point.

The 5.0-magnitude earthquake in Maduo, Qinghai caused cracks in the walls of 46 households' houses and barns

2022-12-23T09:27+0100

2022-12-23T08:26:45.720Z. (Reporter Sun Rui) The reporter learned from the Propaganda Department of the Maduo County Party Committee in Qinghai Province on the 23rd that the 5.0-magnitude earthquake in Maduo caused cracks in the walls of 46 households’ houses and barns.

5.0-magnitude quake jolts north-west China's Qinghai, no casualties reported

2022-12-22T12:42+0100

XINING, China - A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Maduo County, in the Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of north-west China’s Qinghai Province, at 10.47am on Thursday, according to the provincial earthquake bureau. The earthquake struck at a depth of 9km, and had its epicentre at 35.56 degrees north latitude and 99.

Magnitude 5 quake jolts China's Qinghai Province

2022-12-22T10:06+0100

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck Maduo County, Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Qinghai Province on Thursday, according to the provincial earthquake bureau, Chinese News Agency, Xinhua, reported. The earthquake struck at a depth of 9 kilometres and had its epicentre at 35.56 degrees north latitude and 99.

Qinghai Maduo earthquake of magnitude 5: Rescue forces went to the earthquake area to inspect and no casualties were reported

2022-12-22T09:15+0100

2022-12-22T08:14:49.268Z. The China Earthquake Network officially determined that at 10:47 on December 22, a magnitude 5.0 earthquake occurred in Maduo County, Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. The focal depth was 9 kilometers, and the epicenter was located at 35.56 degrees north latitude and 99.

BEIJING, 22nd December, 2022 (WAM) -- A 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck Maduo County, Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Qinghai Province on Thursday, according to the provincial earthquake bureau, Chinese News Agency, Xinhua, reported.The earthquake struck at a depth of 9 kilometres and had its epicentre at 35.

2022-12-22T08:08+0100

BEIJING, 22nd December, 2022 (WAM) -- A 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck Maduo County, Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Qinghai Province on Thursday, according to the provincial earthquake bureau, Chinese News Agency, Xinhua, reported. The earthquake struck at a depth of 9 kilometres and had its epicentre at 35.

5.0-magnitude quake jolts NW China's Qinghai, no casualties reported

2022-12-22T07:09+0100

XINING, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Maduo County, Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Qinghai Province at 10:47 a.m. Thursday, according to the provincial earthquake bureau. The earthquake struck at a depth of 9 km and had its epicenter at 35.56 degrees north latitude and 99.

5.0-magnitude quake hits NW China's Qinghai: CENC

2022-12-22T07:02+0100

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Maduo County of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Qinghai Province at 10:47 a.m. Thursday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 35.56 degrees north latitude and 99.14 degrees east longitude.

1st LD-Writethru: 5.0-magnitude quake jolts NW China's Qinghai, no casualties reported

2022-12-22T06:40+0100

5.0-magnitude quake jolts NW China's Qinghai, no casualties reported

2022-12-22T06:26+0100

5.0-magnitude quake jolts NW China's Qinghai, no casualties reported

2022-12-22T06:25+0100

XINING -- A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Maduo county, Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Northwest China's Qinghai province at 10:47 am Thursday, according to the provincial earthquake bureau. The earthquake struck at a depth of 9 km and had its epicenter at 35.56 degrees north latitude and 99.

5.0-magnitude quake hits NW China's Qinghai: CENC

2022-12-22T06:25+0100

1st LD-Writethru: 5.0-magnitude quake jolts NW China's Qinghai, no casualties reported

2022-12-22T06:16+0100

Contributed by NAMPA / Xinhua. XINING, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Maduo County, Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Qinghai Province at 10:47 a.m. Thursday, according to the provincial earthquake bureau. The earthquake struck at a depth of 9 km and had its epicenter at 35.

5.0-magnitude quake hits NW China's Qinghai

2022-12-22T05:45+0100

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Maduo County of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Qinghai Province at 10:47 a.m. Thursday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), reports citing The epicenter was monitored at 35.56 degrees north latitude and 99.14 degrees east longitude.

5.0-magnitude quake hits NW China's Qinghai: CENC

2022-12-22T05:32+0100

BEIJING, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Maduo County of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Qinghai Province at 10:47 a.m. Thursday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 35.56 degrees north latitude and 99.

5.0-magnitude quake hits NW China's Qinghai: CENC

2022-12-22T05:20+0100

5.0-magnitude quake hits NW China's Qinghai: CENC

2022-12-22T05:17+0100

Contributed by NAMPA / Xinhua. BEIJING, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Maduo County of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Qinghai Province at 10:47 a.m. Thursday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 35.56 degrees north latitude and 99.

635 dead, 5 missing in Indonesian Zhanyu earthquake search and rescue

2022-12-21T16:08+0100

2022-12-21T15:08:37.834Z. (Reporter Lin Yongchuan) On the 20th, the 5.6-magnitude earthquake in Zhanyu County, West Java Province, Indonesia has been a full month, and it is also the last day of search and rescue work in the earthquake area. According to the plan previously announced by Indonesian....

Hongkongers get late-night shake as 3.6-magnitude earthquake strikes near southeastern China coast

2022-12-21T05:14+0100

Hongkongers get late-night shake as 3.6-magnitude earthquake strikes near southeastern China coast. Quake occurred at 1.03am with epicentre positioned about 23km northwest of Heyuan metropolis in Guangdong province, Observatory says.

‘We were ready’: California ShakeAlert warns 3 million ahead of Tuesday’s big quake in biggest test yet

2022-12-20T23:51+0100

The magnitude-6.4 quake along the far reaches of coastal Northern California didn’t rattle any windows or knock items off shelves in the Bay Area, but it did wake hundreds — as far south as San Diego – who had signed up for the new earthquake warning system that sends alerts to mobile phones.

Dodge death. Seven Fascinating Ancient Disasters That Changed Our World

2022-12-20T22:01+0100

Share send to Telegram; share on Facebook; tweet; send to Viber; send to Whatsapp. < li class="c-post__new-share__item"> send to Messenger. Scientists have collected 7 of the most terrible and bewitching disasters that hit the ancient world. Related video.

6.4-magnitude quake hits 12 km WSW of Ferndale, California: USGS

2022-12-20T14:12+0100

SAN FRANCISCO - A 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted 12 km west-south-west of Ferndale City in the US state of California at 1034 GMT on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 16.1 km, was determined to be at 40.523 degrees north latitude and 124.393 degrees west longitude.

Public Information Service-Bureau of Fire Protection/Reuters How earthquakes are measured

2022-12-20T13:31+0100

When 72,000 people were killed by a magnitude-7.2 earthquake in Messina, Italy, more than 40% of the city's population was killed. The December 28, 1908, quake caused a tsunami and was felt throughout Sicily. 86,000 people were killed on October 8, 2005, when a magnitude-7.6 earthquake slammed northern Pakistan.

Why cross the 222 bend to patrol? The border guards replied: The landmark is there

2022-12-20T06:02+0100

Hello, "372" Liang Wenbo Zi Hao China National Defense News reporter Yang Mingyue. Before the deep winter, the Nebesnaya Mountain with an altitude of 3,665 meters has been covered tightly by one heavy snow after another. Because of the existence of a Sino-Kazakh No.

UN inaugurates houses in earthquake-ravaged southeast Afghanistan

2022-12-19T19:14+0100

Less than six months after an earthquake devastated villages in remote southeast Afghanistan, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has completed work on hundreds of new homes. At a ceremony in Barmal district in Afghanistan’s Paktika Province on Thursday, community leaders, senior UN officials and the....

World earthquake report for Sunday, December 18, 2022

2022-12-19T03:52+0100

00:24 AM | Written by: Seismic Monitor. Global earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 3 in the last 24 hours on December 19, 2022. Summary: 2 5.0+ earthquakes, 36 4.0+ earthquakes, 105 3.0+ earthquakes, 237 2.0+ earthquakes (total 380) magnitude 5+: 2 degree earthquakes 4+: 36 earthquakes 3+....

Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Pages 13005: Aerial Mapping of Coseismic Surface Rupture of 2021 Mw 7.3 Maduo Earthquake, China

2022-12-18T12:42+0100

The 2021 M w 7.3 Maduo earthquake is one of the largest seismic events that has occurred in and around the Bayan Har block of Tibet. D-InSAR results and field surveys indicate that this earthquake resulted in more than 160 km of coseismic surface rupture along pre-existing fault traces.

World Earthquake Report for Sunday, 18 December 2022

2022-12-18T06:34+0100

This report is being updated every hour. Magnitude 5 +: 4 earthquakes Magnitude 4 +: 38 earthquakes Magnitude 3 +: 96 earthquakes Magnitude 2 +: 214 earthquakes No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher. Total seismic energy estimate: 4.1 x 10 13 joules (11.3 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 9758 tons of TNT or 0.

Earthquake of magnitude 3.4 hits HP's Kinnaur district

2022-12-17T06:48+0100

Shimla, Dec 17 (UNI) The villages of Kinnuar district of Himachal Pradesh along with India-Tibet International border jolted by 3.40 magnitude earthquake last night, Indian Meterogical Department informed. According to the Meteorological Center, Shimla, three to four tremors were felt around 10:02 pm.

World Earthquake Report for Saturday, 17 December 2022

2022-12-17T06:23+0100

This report is being updated every hour. Magnitude 5 +: 4 earthquakes Magnitude 4 +: 37 earthquakes Magnitude 3 +: 96 earthquakes Magnitude 2 +: 222 earthquakes No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher. Total seismic energy estimate: 3 x 10 13 joules (8.25 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 7096 tons of TNT or 0.

RSF calls to #FreeSithuAungMyint, 12 men killed in Mandalay Region massacre

2022-12-16T05:38+0100

0 by English Editor RSF calls to #FreeSithuAungMyint, 12 men killed in Mandalay Region massacre. FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM RSF calls on veteran journalist to be released. Reporters without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of veteran journalist Sithu Aung Myint, who was arrested in Yangon on Aug.

5.9-magnitude quake hits waters off Taiwan: CENC

2022-12-15T07:18+0100

BEIJING, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted the waters off Taiwan's Hualien County at 12:03 p.m. Thursday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 23.73 degrees north latitude and 121.79 degrees east longitude. The earthquake struck at a depth of 10 km, the center said.

5.9-magnitude quake hits waters off Taiwan: CENC

2022-12-15T07:17+0100

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted the waters off Taiwan's Hualien County at 12:03 p.m. Thursday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 23.73 degrees north latitude and 121.79 degrees east longitude. The earthquake struck at a depth of 10 km, the center said.

5.9-magnitude quake hits waters off Taiwan: CENC

2022-12-15T06:16+0100

5.9-magnitude quake hits waters off Taiwan: CENC

2022-12-15T06:02+0100

5.9-magnitude quake hits waters off Taiwan: CENC

2022-12-15T06:00+0100

Contributed by NAMPA / Xinhua. BEIJING, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted the waters off Taiwan's Hualien County at 12:03 p.m. Thursday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 23.73 degrees north latitude and 121.79 degrees east longitude.

M6.2 quake hits waters off Taiwan: CENC

2022-12-15T05:21+0100

A magnitude-6.2 earthquake jolted waters off southeast China's Taiwan region on Thursday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).

4.0-magnitude earthquake in Rongchang District, Chongqing: No disaster report in Fangdong Town, Luxian County, Sichuan Province

2022-12-15T03:36+0100

2022-12-15T02:34:45.821Z. China News Service, Chengdu, December 15 (Reporter Liu Zhongjun) The reporter learned from the Luzhou Emergency Management Bureau of Sichuan Province on the 15th that after the 4.0-magnitude earthquake in Qingjiang Town, Rongchang District, Chongqing, the earthquake was felt in Fangdong Town, Lu County, Luzhou City.

LDP eyes shifting 1% of income tax payments for 'defense tax'

2022-12-14T23:17+0100

The tax commission of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party agreed Wednesday to allocate about 1 percent of current income tax payments to a new "defense tax" as part of efforts to fund a planned increase in the country's outlays for national security. The LDP panel affirmed a draft government plan to cut by half an additional 2.

World earthquake report for Wednesday, December 14, 2022

2022-12-14T19:05+0100

17:20 PM | Written by: Seismic Monitor. Global earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 3 in the last 24 hours on December 14, 2022. Summary: 2 earthquakes 5.0+, 33 earthquakes 4.0+, 101 earthquakes 3.0+, 231 earthquakes 2.0+ (367 total) This report is updated hourly.

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes near Naze, Amami Shi, Kagoshima, Japan

2022-12-13T15:48+0100

Japan was shaken near Naze, Amami Shi, Kagoshima, by an earthquake of magnitude 6.0 only 17 minutes ago, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter near Naze, Amami Shi, Kagoshima, Japan, late at night on Tuesday, December 13th, 2022, at 11:25 pm local time.

Remote Sensing, Vol. 14, Pages 6317: Slip Models of the 2016 and 2022 Menyuan, China, Earthquakes, Illustrating Regional Tectonic Structures

2022-12-13T15:47+0100

As one of the large-scale block-bounding faults in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, the Qilian-Haiyuan fault system accommodates a large portion of north-eastward motion of the Tibetan Plateau. In 2016 and 2022, two strong earthquakes of Mw6.0 and Mw6.

Japan eyes higher corporate, tobacco taxes to fund defense spending

2022-12-12T23:01+0100

Japan will likely boost its defense spending to around 6.5 trillion yen in fiscal 2023 from the current 5.2 trillion yen, sources close to the matter said Monday, in a five-year effort to double the expenditure to better respond to the changing security environment surrounding the nation.

After 81 days, reunited Gan Yu, a retrograde man who was rescued from the Luding earthquake, thanked his benefactor face to face

2022-12-11T23:42+0100

2022-12-11T22:39:19.560Z. "Compared to when he was discovered, Gan Yu is obviously fatter this time, and his mental state is much better." On December 11, Ni Taigao, a villager in Shimian County, Sichuan, told a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily. Gan Yu, a retrograde who was rescued 17 days after....

Japan LDP policy boss touts Taipei ties

2022-12-11T17:52+0100

Taiwan and Japan’s friendship should be expanded in many aspects, the policy chief of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) said in Taipei yesterday, while expressing the hope that Taiwan would be able to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

Sustainability, Vol. 14, Pages 16554: Preliminary Analysis of Coseismic Landslides Induced by the 1 June 2022 Ms 6.1 Lushan Earthquake, China

2022-12-09T16:51+0100

At 17:00 (UTC+8) on 1 June 2022, an Ms 6.1 reverse earthquake struck Lushan County, Ya’an City, Sichuan Province. This earthquake event had a focal depth of 10 km and the epicenter was located at 30.37 N and 102.94 E. The purpose of this study is to document a comprehensive coseismic landslide....

Stronger buildings guard lives during quakes in Yunnan

2022-12-09T09:36+0100

© Provided by Xinhua. KUNMING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- An intense tremor jolted Xue Na out of bed, and she immediately realized that it was an earthquake and rushed outdoors. It was a sleepless night in her village, but fortunately, no one was injured. According to the China Earthquake Networks Center, a....

Stronger buildings guard lives during quakes in Yunnan

2022-12-09T09:28+0100

Forest rangers and volunteers transfer earthquake relief supplies in Anpin Village of Langdi Township, Honghe County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Cao Mengyao) KUNMING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- An intense tremor jolted Xue Na out of bed, and she immediately realized that it was an earthquake and rushed outdoors.

Deep, 5.8 magnitude quake shakes Indonesia’s capital

2022-12-09T02:00+0100

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong and deep earthquake shook Indonesia’s capital and other parts of the main island of Java on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties. High-rise buildings in Jakarta, the capital, swayed for several seconds and some ordered evacuations.

China Focus: Stronger buildings guard lives during quakes in Yunnan

2022-12-08T13:01+0100

KUNMING, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- An intense tremor jolted Xue Na out of bed, and she immediately realized that it was an earthquake and rushed outdoors. It was a sleepless night in her village, but fortunately, no one was injured. According to the China Earthquake Networks Center, a magnitude-5....

China Focus: Stronger buildings guard lives during quakes in Yunnan

2022-12-08T12:53+0100

World News | UN ECOSOC Grants Accreditation to 9 NGOs Amid Objections from Several Nations

2022-12-08T06:58+0100

United Nations, Dec 8 (PTI) The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has voted to grant special consultative status to nine non-governmental organisations, including one that advocates for Dalit human rights, despite objections raised by several countries including China, Russia and India over the accreditation process of these NGOs.

5.1-magnitude quake hits waters off Taiwan: CENC

2022-12-08T04:48+0100

BEIJING -- A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted the waters off Taiwan's Hualien county at 12:54 am Thursday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 23.77 degrees north latitude and 121.71 degrees east longitude. The earthquake struck at a depth of 30 km, the center said.

5.1-magnitude quake hits waters off Taiwan: CENC

2022-12-08T01:25+0100

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted the waters off Taiwan's Hualien County at 12:54 a.m. Thursday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 23.77 degrees north latitude and 121.71 degrees east longitude. The earthquake struck at a depth of 30 km, the center said.

5.1-magnitude quake hits waters off Taiwan: CENC

2022-12-07T19:10+0100

BEIJING, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted the waters off Taiwan's Hualien County at 12:54 a.m. Thursday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 23.77 degrees north latitude and 121.71 degrees east longitude. The earthquake struck at a depth of 30 km, the center said.

5.1-magnitude quake hits waters off Taiwan: CENC

2022-12-07T19:01+0100

IJERPH, Vol. 19, Pages 16393: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Quantify the Human Disaster Risk Perception and Its Influence on the Population at Risk: A Case Study of Longchi Town, China

2022-12-07T10:35+0100

Understanding disaster risk perception is vital for community-based disaster risk reduction (DRR). This study was set to investigate the correlations between disaster risk perception and the population at risk. To address this research question, the current study conducted an interdisciplinary....

Landslide Risk Remains Long After an Earthquake

2022-12-05T23:00+0100

Satellite observations have revealed that weak seismic ground shaking can trigger powerful landslide acceleration – even several years after a significant earthquake. Satellite observations have revealed that weak seismic ground shaking can trigger powerful landslide acceleration – even several years after a significant earthquake.

15 days after the earthquake in Zhanyu, Indonesia, the search and rescue continued. President Widodo visited the disaster area for the third time

2022-12-05T15:19+0100

2022-12-05T14:18:37.475Z. (Reporter Lin Yongchuan) On the 5th, the 5.6-magnitude earthquake that occurred in Zhanyu County, West Java Province, Indonesia entered the 15th day, and the search and rescue work in the disaster area is still continuing. The number of houses damaged in the earthquake....

World Earthquake Report for Sunday, 4 December 2022

2022-12-04T06:23+0100

This report is being updated every hour. Magnitude 6 +: 1 earthquake Magnitude 5 +: 3 earthquakes Magnitude 4 +: 34 earthquakes Magnitude 3 +: 114 earthquakes Magnitude 2 +: 218 earthquakes No quakes of magnitude 7 or higher. Total seismic energy estimate: 2.7 x 10 14 joules (75.6 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 65017 tons of TNT or 4.

Global earthquake report for Saturday, December 3, 2022

2022-12-04T02:02+0100

00:20 AM | Written by: Seismic Monitor. Global earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 3 in the last 24 hours on December 4, 2022. Summary: 1 earthquake 6.0+, 2 earthquakes 5.0+, 47 earthquakes 4.0+, 100 earthquakes 3.0+, 236 earthquakes 2.0+ (386 total) This report is updated every hour.

AP Trending SummaryBrief at 12:45 p.m. EST

2022-12-03T19:15+0100

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Of the seven stadiums Qatar built for the World Cup, one will disappear after the tournament. That’s what the games’ organizers have said about Stadium 974 in Doha, a 40,000-seat port-side arena partially built from recycled shipping containers and steel.

AP Trending SummaryBrief at 12:45 p.m. EST

2022-12-03T19:12+0100

AP Trending SummaryBrief at 12:45 p.m. EST

2022-12-03T19:10+0100

AP Trending SummaryBrief at 10:57 a.m. EST

2022-12-03T18:51+0100

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong earthquake has shaken parts of Indonesia’s main island of Java, causing panic but only minor damage just two weeks after an equally powerful quake killed hundreds. The head of the national rescue agency says the quake on Saturday injured one resident in West Java’s....

6.4-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia's West Java province, the second strong earthquake in two weeks

2022-12-03T17:32+0100

2022-12-03T14:41:50.350Z. (Reporter Lin Yongchuan) According to the website of the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency on the 3rd, at 16:49 Jakarta time (17:49 Beijing time), an earthquake of magnitude 6.4 occurred in Garut County, West Java Province, Indonesia. Many earthquakes are felt strongly.

AP Trending SummaryBrief at 10:11 a.m. EST

2022-12-03T16:40+0100

PRAGUE (AP) — A musical manuscript handwritten by Ludwig van Beethoven is getting returned to the heirs of the richest family in pre-World War II Czechoslovakia, whose members had to flee the country to escape the Holocaust. The Moravian Museum in the Czech city of Brno has had the original....

Guardians of the Sky - Focus on the HKSAR Government Flying Service

2022-12-02T07:35+0100

2022-12-02T06:35:01.688Z. China News Service, Hong Kong, December 2 (Reporter Li Zhihua) In the sky above Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, helicopters of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Flying Service (Flying Service Team) are often seen flying around, guarding the peace of one side.

San Francisco's killer robots threaten the city's most vulnerable

2022-12-01T00:06+0100

Three years ago, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors made history by becoming the first city in the nation to ban use of facial recognition technology by local government. Last night, the board went in a different direction, giving police the right to kill a criminal suspect with a teleoperated....

San Francisco's Killer Police Robots Threaten the City's Most Vulnerable

2022-11-30T23:47+0100

Landslide risk remains years after even weak earthquake

2022-11-30T22:15+0100

Satellite observations have revealed that weak seismic ground shaking can trigger powerful landslide acceleration — even several years after a significant earthquake. These observations help paint a comprehensive picture of landslide behaviour triggered by seismic activity and provide the tools for....

Landslide risk remains years after even a weak earthquake…

2022-11-30T22:14+0100

These observations help paint a comprehensive picture of landslide behaviour triggered by seismic activity and provide the tools for real-time monitoring to support rapid rescue operations. Landslides, a natural geological hazard worldwide, cause serious human and economic losses every year. Between 1998-2017, landslides affected an estimated 4.

Landslide risk remains years after even a weak earthquake

2022-11-30T22:05+0100

Risk of landslides remains long after earthquake

2022-11-30T19:11+0100

Satellite observations have revealed that weak seismic ground shaking can trigger powerful landslide acceleration even several years after a significant earthquake. These observations help paint a comprehensive picture of landslide behaviour triggered by seismic activity and provide the tools for....

30-Nov-2022 Landslide risk remains long after an earthquake Newcastle University Peer-Reviewed Publication Satellite observations have revealed that weak seismic ground shaking can trigger powerful landslide acceleration – even several years after a significant earthquake.

2022-11-30T19:10+0100

Pacific news in brief for November 30

2022-11-29T20:50+0100

PNG govt reveals biggest budget in country's history. The Papua New Guinea Government introduced the country's biggest budget in history on Tuesday. At 24-point-5 billion PNG kina or $US6-point-7-8 billion, Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey who presented the Budget has called it the largest investment in the history of the country.

Pacific news in brief for November 30

2022-11-29T20:04+0100

Pacific news in brief for November 30

2022-11-29T19:51+0100

Significant magnitude 5.1 earthquake 119 km southeast of China, Japan

2022-11-29T17:33+0100

An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 occurred only 15 minutes ago 119 km southeast of China, Japan, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter near China, Ōshima-gun, Kagoshima, Japan, after midnight on Wednesday, November 30th, 2022, at 12:57 am local time.

World earthquake report for Sunday, November 27, 2022

2022-11-28T14:59+0100

00:24 AM | Written by: Seismic Monitor. Global earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 3 in the last 24 hours on November 28, 2022. Summary: 10 earthquakes 5.0+, 38 earthquakes 4.0+, 98 earthquakes 3.0+, 239 earthquakes 2.0+ (385 total) magnitude 5+: 10 earthquakes, grade 4+: 38 earthquakes, grade....

World Earthquake Report for Monday, 28 November 2022

2022-11-28T06:39+0100

This report is being updated every hour. Magnitude 5 +: 5 earthquakes Magnitude 4 +: 30 earthquakes Magnitude 3 +: 95 earthquakes Magnitude 2 +: 213 earthquakes No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher. Total seismic energy estimate: 7 x 10 13 joules (19.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 16678 tons of TNT....

4.5 magnitude earthquake hits Osh region

2022-11-28T05:27+0100

An earthquake with a magnitude of about 5.5 occurred on the territory of China, near the Kyrgyz-Chinese border. The Institute of Seismology of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic reported. According to it, tremors were registered at 1.58 a.m. Intensity of the earthquake in the settlements of Kyrgyzstan reached magnitude 4.

Earth tremors jolting Kazakhstan and China felt in Kyrgyzstan

2022-11-28T05:22+0100

AKIPRESS.COM - The earthquakes jolted China and Kazakhstan last night. Earth tremors were felt in Kyrgyzstan. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake occurred in China at 1:58 am. The earth tremors were felt in Nura and Erkeshtam villages of Alay district of Osh region, Terek and Kan-Korgon villages.

4.5 magnitude earthquake hits Osh region

2022-11-28T05:13+0100

SAARC felicitates new COAS, Chairman JCOSC

2022-11-28T01:35+0100

President SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry Iftikhar Ali Malik Sunday felicitated the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir and Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee as top command has been entrusted to most truly highly competent professional soldiers of international stature.

Un puissant séisme secoue le sud-ouest de la Chine

2022-12-21T15:43+0100

BEIJING (AP) – Un fort tremblement de terre a secoué une partie du sud-ouest de la Chine lundi après-midi. Il n’était pas immédiatement clair s’il y avait des dommages. Le tremblement de terre de magnitude 6,8 a secoué le comté de Luding dans la province du Sichuan à 12h52, a rapporté l’agence de presse Xinhua.

12:38 | SOCIETE Le 24 heures en images de la semaine

2022-11-28T12:48+0100

Etat d'urgence dans l'île d'Ischia en Italie, protestation historique contre les dirigeants en Chine, guerre en Ukraine , et l'équipe de France en huitième de finale de la Coupe du monde 2022 au Qatar... Chaque jour, retrouvez toute l’actualité à travers le travail des photojournalistes qui parcourent le monde.

Forte scossa di terremoto in Cina, avvertita anche in Kirghizistan e Kazakistan

2022-12-28T19:31+0100

Un terremoto si è verificato oggi nelle regione cinese dello Xinjiang, avvertito nel Kirghizistan e fino ad Almaty, in Kazakistan. Una scossa di terremoto di magnitudo 5.6 (EMSC) si è verificata oggi ad Aksu, nello Xinjiang cinese, con ipocentro a soli 10 km di profondità.

Da Macerata a Imola, in mostra gli artigiani della Cna

2022-12-16T11:57+0100

Gli artigiani del maceratese in mostra ad Imola. Nove produttori locali affiliati alla Cna saranno protagonisti questo fine settimana nel centro cittadino di Imola per l’iniziativa “Il cuore degli artigiani” , due giorni di festa all’insegna della solidarietà.

Da Macerata a Imola, in mostra gli artigiani della Cna

2022-12-16T11:55+0100

Italia Da oggi benzina più cara: rialzo di 10 centesimi con il decreto Meloni Dalla mezzanotte si è dimezzato lo sconto sui carburanti con l'aumento delle accise su benzina, gasolio e Gpl. Un pieno...

2022-12-01T10:07+0100

COSENZA – Il dramma di Casamicciola, con l’ennesima frana che ha seminato morti e distruzione, è solo l’ultimo di una lunga serie di eventi che negli ultimi 70 anni hanno provocato in Itala centinaia di morti. Terremoti, alluvioni, bombe d’acqua, fenomeni idrogeologici che in molte occasioni hanno....

Simbahan, literal na hinati para mailagay ang 'seismic isolator' na 'pangontra' sa lindol

2022-12-30T13:33+0100

Sa tulong ng isang Pinoy structural engineer, dumating na rin sa bansa ang seismic isolator, isang construction device na inilalagay sa mga gusali para makaiwas sa pagguho kapag lumindol. Alamin kung paano ito inilalagay sa gusaling nakatayo katulad ng ginawa sa isang simbahan na literal na hinati.

Sustainability, Vol. 15, Pages 679: “The Big One” Earthquake Preparedness Assessment among Younger Filipinos Using a Random Forest Classifier and an Artificial Neural Network

2022-12-30T13:56+0100

Exploring the intention to prepare for mitigation among Filipinos should be considered as the Philippines is a country prone to natural calamities. With frequent earthquakes occurring in the country, “The Big One” has been predicted to damage the livelihood and infrastructure of the capital and surrounding cities.

In pictures: The biggest international news stories of 2022

2022-12-30T23:07+0100

War returned to Europe on Feb 24 with Russia launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine after having troops amassed at the countries' border for weeks. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an address to the nation that he had ordered a "special military operation" to protect people, including....

Farewell to 2022: The Warm Watching Moment of Overseas Chinese

2022-12-31T08:24+0100

2022-12-31T07:23:58.515Z. At first, overseas Chinese in Uzbekistan and international students helped each other, spontaneously formed online group chats, and exchanged information about the situation in various parts of Uzbekistan, seeking help, and evacuating.

Remote Sensing, Vol. 15, Pages 254: Imaging the Fault Zone Structure of the Pearl River Estuary Fault in Guangzhou, China, from Waveform Inversion with an Active Source and Dense Linear Array

2023-01-01T11:39+0100

Since high-resolution structure imaging of active faults within urban areas is vital for earthquake hazard mitigation, we perform a seismic survey line crossing the Pearl River Estuary Fault (PREF) in Guangzhou, China. First, ten shots of a new and environmentally friendly gas explosion source are....

Global earthquake report for Saturday, December 31, 2022

2023-01-01T12:27+0100

00:24 AM | Written by: Seismic Monitor. Global earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 3 in the last 24 hours on January 1, 2023. Summary: 2 earthquakes 5.0+, 37 earthquakes 4.0+, 97 earthquakes 3.0+, 223 earthquakes 2.0+ (total 359) magnitude 5+: 2 earthquakes, grade 4+: 37 earthquakes, grade 3+:....