Earthquake hits Bengal, second in less than 12hrs
India | April 06, 2021 8:02 ISTOn Monday night, an earthquake of 5.4 magnitude hit Sikkim with tremors being also felt in the states of Assam, West Bengal and Bihar.
On Monday night, an earthquake of 5.4 magnitude hit Sikkim with tremors being also felt in the states of Assam, West Bengal and Bihar.
An earthquake hit Bihar, West Bengal, and Assam Monday night. The tremors were felt in many areas including Patna, Araria, and Kishanganj at 8.49 pm. The quake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale occurred near the Sikkim-Nepal border.
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6 on the Richter scale, hit the east coast of North Island of New Zealand on Monday, as per the National Center for Seismology.
The quake struck at 1:42 a.m. on Sunday Jakarta Time (1842 GMT Saturday), with the epicenter at 163 km south of Ambon, the capital of the province, and the depth of 329 km under seabed, the Xinhua news agency reported.
An earthquake of magnitude 3.2 on the Richter scale was recorded in Meghalaya's Shillong on Monday.
The temblor occurred at around 9:27 am (local time), with its epicenter at a latitude of 33.7 degrees north and a longitude of 140.5 degrees east, and at depth of 50 km, Xinhua reported.
Japan on Saturday experienced a strong earthquake that shook buildings in the capital, Tokyo. The U.S. Geological Survey put the strength at magnitude 7.2. USGS said the quake was centered 34 kilometers (21 miles) east of Ishinomaki at a depth of 60 kilometers (37 miles).
The earthquake lasted for around 10 seconds as the camera shook wildly, as Zverev and Koepfer played, unfazed.
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Nagqu City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, at 14:11 Friday (Beijing Time).
The tremor was recorded at 7.42 am wih its epicentre 13 km east-north-east of Dudhai in Kutch district.
"The epicentre of the earthquake was located near Bhalessa in Doda district of J&K," officials said adding that no casualty or damage to property was received from anywhere so far.
The earthquake was registered at 00:16 GMT, with the epicenter located at a depth of 9 kilometers (over 5 miles) 181 kilometers northeast of the city of Gisborne.
According to the National Center for Seismology, the tremors were felt at 5:11 am. The epicentre of the earthquake was not known.
The magnitude 8.1 quake was the largest in a series of tremors that hit the region over several hours, including two earlier quakes that registered magnitude 7.4 and magnitude 7.3.
New Zealand emergency services ordered coastal communities across large swathes of the North Island to evacuate Friday amid fears a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake in the Pacific would generate a tsunami.
A strong earthquake jolted New Zealand on Thursday. The quake measured 7.3 on the Richter Scale and struck east of the north Island.
There were no immediate reports of injuries. Local officials reported some structural damage, mainly to old houses and buildings that saw walls collapse or crack.
An earthquake of 3.4 magnitude on the Richter scale was felt in Manipur on Tuesday.
An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 hit Myanmar on Saturday, according to the National Center for Seismology.
An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 on the Richter scale was recorded in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh on Friday.
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