4.5 magnitude earthquake hits Afghanistan
World | August 19, 2021 13:03 ISTThis is the 2nd earthquake in Afghanistan within a span of a week.
This is the 2nd earthquake in Afghanistan within a span of a week.
Saturday’s earthquake also left at least 5,700 people injured in the Caribbean nation, with thousands more displaced from their destroyed or damaged homes. Survivors in some areas were forced to wait out in the open amid oppressive heat for help from overloaded hospitals.
The epicenter of the quake was about 125 kilometers (78 miles) west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The widespread damage could worsen by early next week, with Tropical Storm Grace predicted to reach Haiti late Monday or early Tuesday, bringing torrential rains.
A moderate intensity earthquake of magnitude 3.1 struck Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district on Sunday, a disaster management official said.
An earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitudes on the Richter scale jolted Haiti on Saturday. The quake was reported at 5.59 pm with its epicenter at 12 km northeast of Saint-Louis du Sud, Haiti, according to the USGS. The depth of the quake was 10 km.
An earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted Haiti on Saturday, United States Geological Survey reported.
According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the quake was reported at 5.27 pm with its epicentre at 136 km southeast of Perryville.
The US Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami warning.
An earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter Scale hit Uttarakhand's Dehradun on Tuesday.
An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter Scale hit Mizoram on Monday.
The quake was also felt in the Turkish coastal town of Datca in Mugla province. Turkey’s emergency and disaster authority AFAD gave the magnitude as 5.5. Turkish authorities have not reported any damage.
The earthquake caused many citizens of Sullana to leave their homes. A woman was injured after being trapped under a collapsed wall while a car was crushed by bricks.
The earthquake hit 91 kilometers southeast of the town of Perryville with a tsunami warning in effect for south Alaska and the Alaskan peninsula.
After a massive earthquake of 8.2 magnitude jolted Alaska, horrifying videos and pictures surfaced on the Internet. Perryville's viral videos show ripped roads and warning sirens blaring along the coastline.
Two other earthquakes with preliminary magnitudes of 6.2 and 5.6 occurred in the same area within a half hour of the first one, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Records state a minimum of 2,42,000 people had died due to the impact of the Tangshan earthquake. However, media reports also claimed the death toll was thrice as mentioned in government records.
The quake was reported at 5.39 pm with its epicentre at 97 km west-northwest of Luwuk, Indonesia, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor occurred at around 11.16 a.m. (local time).
Earthquake in Delhi: Earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi on Monday morning.
The tremors were felt at nearly 5 am, in South of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh today. The epicentre of the earthquake was yet not known.
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