MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: World News in Brief: June 9

Tue, 09 Jun 2020 12:30:00 +0200foreignaffairs-nz (en)

* The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday reported 1,938,823 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 17,919 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 474 to 110,375. * Brazil reported 679 new COVID-19 deaths and 15,654 additional confirmed cases on Monday.

India To Reconstruct 56 Schools In Nepal Destroyed In Quake Amid Map Row

Mon, 08 Jun 2020 17:43:00 +0200ndtvnews (en)

Kathmandu: India will reconstruct a total of 56 higher secondary schools in seven districts of Nepal as part of post-earthquake reconstruction in the Himalayan nation with a grant of 2.95 billion Nepali rupees. "The Embassy of India and the Central Level Project Implementation Unit (CLPIU) of the....

2.1 magnitude earthquake occurs near Delhi, 16th in 2 months

Mon, 08 Jun 2020 12:06:00 +0200HindustanTimes (en)

Vehicles pass India Gate on a cloudy day in New Delhi. AP Pandey, a seismologist at the NCS, last week told Hindustan Times that there had been numerous small earthquakes in Delhi and Haryana over the last three years.(Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO) A 2.1 magnitude earthquake , too mild to be felt by most....

Low-intensity earthquake of magnitude 2.1 hits Delhi: Report

Mon, 08 Jun 2020 10:35:00 +0200HindustanTimes (en)

A low-intensity earthquake of magnitude 2.1 has hit Delhi, news agency PTI reported on Monday, quoting the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). The epicentre of the earthquake was at the Delhi-Gurgaon border and it occurred at 1 pm at a depth of 18 kilometre, the NCS said.

Magnitude 4.8 earthquake shakes eastern Taiwan

Sun, 07 Jun 2020 04:51:00 +0200focustaiwan (en)

Taipei, June 7 (CNA) A magnitude 4.8 earthquake shook eastern Taiwan Sunday morning, with no immediate damage or injuries reported, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said. The epicenter of the temblor, which occurred off Hualien coast at 9:49 a.m., was 15.4 kilometers north-northeast of Hualien County Hall, at a depth of 11.

New sensors show how Wellington buildings fared in earthquakes

Sun, 07 Jun 2020 03:13:00 +0200Stuff (en)

Wellington should be take advantage of its status as an earthquake "laboratory", according to a property owner who use news sensors to impact of quakes on his buildings. The capital is increasingly using new technology to measure the exact impact of tremors, with 15 building in the city fitted with....

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban calls for coronavirus-safe shelters

Sat, 06 Jun 2020 11:18:00 +0200japantimes (en)

Japan’s Pritzker Award-winning architect Shigeru Ban, famous for designing buildings from paper tubes in disaster areas, says the world needs to think about tackling natural catastrophes in the coronavirus era. And while he hopes the pandemic will lead to less of a crush on Tokyo’s packed commuter....

A world redrawn: Japan architect Ban urges virus-safe shelters

Sat, 06 Jun 2020 03:06:00 +0200JakartaPost (en)

Japan's Pritzker Award-winning architect Shigeru Ban, famous for designing buildings from paper tubes in disaster areas, says the world needs to think about tackling natural catastrophes in the coronavirus era. And while he hopes the pandemic will lead to less of a crush on Tokyo's packed commuter....

Dozens of heavy bells make Carillon high earthquake risk

Sat, 06 Jun 2020 02:41:00 +0200Stuff (en)

This story was originally published on and is republished with permission. The National War Memorial Carillon in central Wellington has been rated at just 15 per cent of the earthquake code. The 45m-tall bell tower at Pukeahu Park has been closed since February as a quake risk.

No earthquake in Hampi, was false alarm by software: Karnataka Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre

Fri, 05 Jun 2020 12:57:00 +0200thestatesman (en)

The report of low-magnitude earthquakes hitting Hampi in Karnataka on Friday morning, was a false alarm raised by the software which is meant to analyse tremors with its parameters, said Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) in Bengaluru.

Recent Earthquakes Unlikely to be a Precursor to Major Event in Delhi, Local Fault Lines Hold the Clue

Fri, 05 Jun 2020 07:57:00 +0200news18 (en)

New Delhi: Since April the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) has recorded over 10 earthquakes, all below magnitude 5 on the Richter scale. In the middle of lockdown and Covid-19 pandemic, the likelihood of a big temblor hitting the national capital has got people in Delhi-NCR worrying.

Massive Earthquake May Hit Delhi NCR After Month Of Tremors, Warns Expert

Fri, 05 Jun 2020 06:16:00 +0200news-yahoo-in (en)

The tremors that people in the Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region) felt on Wednesday, when a minor earthquake of 3.2 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Noida , were the third such felt in just the past 5 days. The National Centre of Seismology has recorded around 10 such earthquakes in and around Delhi-NCR between April 12 and May 29 in 2020.

A world redrawn: Japanese architect Ban urges virus-safe shelters

Fri, 05 Jun 2020 00:21:00 +0200japantoday (en)

Japan's Pritzker Award-winning architect Shigeru Ban, famous for designing buildings from paper tubes in disaster areas, says the world needs to think about tackling natural catastrophes in the coronavirus era. And while he hopes the pandemic will lead to less of a crush on Tokyo's packed commuter....

Sentinel optical and SAR data highlights multi-segment faulting during the 2018 Palu-Sulawesi earthquake (Mw 7.5)

Thu, 04 Jun 2020 14:19:00 +0200nature-Earth-and-Environmental-Sciences (en)

The main active tectonic structure in the western part of Central Sulawesi (Indonesia) is the left-lateral Palu-Koro strike-slip fault. Its offshore section was thought not to have broken during the M w 7.5 Palu Earthquake on 28 September 2018, challenging the established knowledge of the tectonic setting at this location.

¿Tsunamis en Yucatán?

Thu, 04 Jun 2020 13:39:00 +0200yucatan (es)

La presencia de grandes rocas en la costa este de la Península podría ser una prueba del paso de un tsunami hace más de mil años en la zona. Un grupo de científicos postuló recientemente la teoría según la cual un tsunami habría ocurrido en la Península de Yucatán entre los años 500 y 800 de nuestra....