The quake sent tremors travelling as far as Jamaica and Cuba. Countries in the region quickly offered help to Haiti. “I am saddened by the devastating earthquake that occurred in Saint-Louis d...

A major earthquake struck western Haiti on Saturday, likely causing high casualties and widespread disaster, the US Geological Survey said, and sending shock waves across the Caribbean, where people f...

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday launched the country's first earthquake early warning mobile application 'Uttarakhand Bhookamp Alert' developed by IIT Roorkee. ...

  An earthquake of 3.4 magnitude hit several districts of Assam on Friday morning, an official bulletin said. There was no immediate report of any loss of life or damage to property, it said. ...

A lazy, apparently eventless post-Christmas morning on the sun-kissed beaches of North Andaman in 2004 had little anticipation of the massive earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale (Mw>9.2) oc...

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal’s western Lamjung district on Wednesday, injuring at least six persons and damaging dozens of houses, officials said. The epicentre of the quake, which o...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8, revised up from an earlier estimate of 6.6, jolted northeast Japan on Saturday, shaking buildings 400km away in Tokyo and raising the possibility of landslides c...

Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal has asked the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) to explore opportunities for a tie-up with Japan to “develop” an early warning syste...

Till Tuesday, there were 19,923 active cases, most detected this month. The quake not only shook the foundation of many buildings but also left their residents shaken as was evident from a tweet by h...

Dhekiajuli MLA Ashok Singhal tweeted pictures of land developing cracks and water seeping out of them, though these could not be immediately verified. In Shillong, the tremor woke up people and many ...