A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the South Pacific island of Vanuatu on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami warning.

There were no immediate repor

Three mild terrors were felt in Thrissur and Kollam on Thursday afternoon. While the first in Thrissur was at 3.02 pm and of 3.2 magnitude on the Richter scale, the second was felt an hour later and t

The powerful undersea earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra this week was a once in 2,000 years event, and although it resulted in only a few deaths, it increases the risks of a killer quake

It is official.

The ground beneath Bengaluru shook for nearly one minute on Wednesday afternoon. Even while the final calculations on the magnitude of Wednesday’s tremor in Bengaluru are under way,

One person was killed and four injured following massive earthquakes in Indonesia's Aceh on Wednesday, an official said here on Thursday.

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, head of Data Center, Information and Pu

Scientists had been expecting Wednesday's great earthquake off Sumatra but it occurred a little sooner, according to Arun Bapat, an Indian seismologist in Pune.

Bapat is one of the associate scientis

India on Wednesday said there was no likelihood of a tsunami being formed anywhere in the Indian Ocean region after an earthquake of 8.9 magnitude hit waters off western coast of northern Sumatra in I

A 6.2-magnitude quake struck off northeast Papua New Guinea on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage.

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A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Mexico Monday, sending thousands of people into the streets of the capital in fear. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

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A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Mexico Monday, sending thousands of people into the streets of the capital in fear. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

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