Chinese hydroelectric power plans in Tibet threaten to destabilize the Himalayan region’s ecology and politics.

Dr. Jitendra Singh recalled the significant role Gujarat played in pioneering disaster management efforts post the devastating Gujarat earthquakes.

DEHRADUN: Uttarkashi in the Garhwal Himalayas has witnessed an unusual series of seven consecutive quakes within a week -- ...

Field hospitals in Thai refugee camps, landmine clearance in war zones, and drugs to treat millions ... under the State Department would be a "seismic shift." "This moves the United States ...

Residents from 43 gram panchayats in the district are strongly opposing the proposal to designate the area surrounding Shikari Devi Wildlife Sanctuary as an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ).

Maharashtra Leads In Temple Participation With 179 Entries Complete no-vehicle zone: Entry of all types of vehicles is strictly prohibited in the Maha Kumbh fair area. VVIP passes cancelled ...

"I was devastated … you'd have to be stupid to put a reactor in an earthquake zone," Ms Cox said. But Seismology Research Centre chief scientist Adam Pascale said the possibility of a Fukushima ...

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of lives upended by the 2011 meltdowns in Fukushima. Armed with ...

local police and fire departments are reporting no property damage from the earthquake. Here's two maps of where the earthquake hit and where it was felt. The earthquake was felt all over New ...

ABSTRACT: Double-difference locations of forerunning shocks of seismic magnitude, M, 2 to 6 are examined in the months to decades before 11 mainshocks in California of magnitude 6 and larger. Each of ...

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District Emergency Operation Centre (DEOC) informed that the first earthquake occurred ... Uttarakhand falls in Zone IV and V of the seismicity zonation map of India. The districts of Pithoragarh ...