M 5.6 in Southwest Of Africa on 09 Dec 2019 17:59 UTC

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New strong earthquakes, reports expected

Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:32:00 +0100b92net_en (en)

So far, there are no reports of possible damage or injuries, Greek agency ANA reported. The quake was registered just before midnight, at a depth of 27 kilometers. The epicenter was recorded 75 kilometers east of Agios Nikolaos, or 377 kilometers southeast of Athens. A 6.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Crete on November 27th.

New Zealand: New Zealand tsunami monitoring and detection system to be established

Wed, 11 Dec 2019 08:28:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters and Civil Defence Minister Peeni Henare have today announced the deployment of a network of DART (Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami) buoys. “New Zealand and the Pacific region are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters. It is vital we have adequate warning systems in place,” said Mr Peters.

5.9 magnitude quake hits southwest of Africa

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 23:05:00 +0100business-standard (en)

An earthquake measuring 5.9 on Richter Scale struck southwest of f the African continent on Monday (local time), the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicentre of the quake, which occurred at around 17:59 (UTC), was registered at a depth of 10.0 kilometres, about southwest of the continent in the Atlantic sea.

Pre-warnings, school evacuations before 4.6-magnitude quake hits southwest China

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 14:43:00 +0100xinhuanet_en (en)

CHENGDU, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Residents received pre-warnings and some schools evacuated classes before a 4.6-magnitude earthquake jolted southwest China's Sichuan Province Monday afternoon. No casualties have been reported so far since the quake hit the city of Mianyang at 3:20 p.m. local time.

2nd LD-Writethru: Pre-warnings, school evacuations before 4.6-magnitude quake hits southwest China

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 14:31:00 +0100china.org.cn (en)

CHENGDU, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Residents received pre-warnings and some schools evacuated classes before a 4.6-magnitude earthquake jolted southwest China's Sichuan Province Monday afternoon. No casualties have been reported so far since the quake hit the city of Mianyang at 3:20 p.m. local time.

4.6-magnitude earthquake hits Sichuan

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 12:53:00 +0100china.org.cn (en)

No casualties have been reported so far after a 4.6-magnitude earthquake jolted southwest China's Sichuan province Monday afternoon, local authorities said. The quake hit the city of Mianyang at 3:20 p.m. local time, at a depth of 10 km, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

4.6-magnitude earthquake hits Southwest China

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 12:38:00 +0100chinadaily (en)

[Photo/CENC's Weibo] CHENGDU - No casualties have been reported so far after a 4.6-magnitude earthquake jolted Southwest China's Sichuan province Monday afternoon, local authorities said. The quake hit the city of Mianyang at 3:20 pm local time, at a depth of 10 km, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

1st LD: 4.6-magnitude earthquake hits southwest China

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 12:03:00 +0100china.org.cn (en)

CHENGDU, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- No casualties have been reported so far after a 4.6-magnitude earthquake jolted southwest China's Sichuan Province Monday afternoon, local authorities said. The quake hit the city of Mianyang at 3:20 p.m. local time, at a depth of 10 km, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

LEAD Un séisme de magnitude 4,6 frappe le sud-ouest de la Chine

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 11:56:00 +0100french.china.org.cn (fr)

Aucune perte humaine n'a été signalée pour le moment à la suite du séisme de magnitude 4,6 qui a secoué lundi dans l'après-midi le Sichuan, province dans le sud-ouest de la Chine, ont annoncé les autorités locales. Le séisme a frappé la ville de Mianyang à 15h20 (heure locale), à une pr of ondeur de....

Gunung Kidul rattled by 5.0-magnitude quake

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 11:12:00 +0100antaranews-en (en)

. 44 minutes ago Yogyakarta (ANTARA) - An earthquake, measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale, struck Gunung Kidul District in the Yogyakarta Special Province on Monday. The quake that hit at 10:47 a.m. local time was epicentered 130 kilometers southwest of the district capital of Wonosari at a depth of....

4.6-magnitude earthquake hits southwest China

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 10:36:00 +0100peopledaily (en)

BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- A 4.6-magnitude earthquake hit the city of Mianyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, at 3:20 p.m. Monday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. The epicenter was monitored at 31.56 degrees north latitude and 104.25 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a depth of 10 km.

4.6-magnitude earthquake hits southwest China

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 10:14:00 +0100globaltimes (en)

Screenshot of Weibo A 4.6-magnitude earthquake hit the city of Mianyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, at 3:20 p.m. Monday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. The epicenter was monitored at 31.56 degrees north latitude and 104.25 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a depth of 10 km.

4.6-magnitude earthquake hits southwest China

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 09:56:00 +0100xinhuanet_en (en)

BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- A 4.6-magnitude earthquake hit the city of Mianyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, at 3:20 p.m. Monday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. The epicenter was monitored at 31.56 degrees north latitude and 104.25 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a depth of 10 km.

Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, Pages 2940: Geodetic Model of the 2017 Mw 6.5 Mainling Earthquake Inferred from GPS and InSAR Data

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:29:00 +0100mdpi (en)

On 17 November 2017, a Mw 6.5 earthquake occurred in Mainling County, Nyingchi City, China. The epicenter was located in the Namche Barwa region of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis. Here, we have derived coseismic deformation from Global Positioning System (GPS) data and ascending Sentinel-1A Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data.

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