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After Telangana earthquake, tremors felt in Maharashtra's Nagpur, Gadchiroli and other places
2 weeks, 5 days ago

After Telangana earthquake, tremors felt in Maharashtra's Nagpur, Gadchiroli and other places

Hindustan Times  

Telangana earthquake: Tremors were felt in Maharashtra's Nagpur, Gadchiroli and Chandrapur districts after an earthquake struck Mulugu in neighbouring Telangana on Wednesday morning, news agency PTI reported. Earthquake Tremors were felt in Maharashtra's Nagpur, Gadchiroli, and Chandrapur districts on Wednesday. Telangana earthquake: ‘Strongest ever’ The earthquake triggered a wave of reactions on social media, with users describing it as one …

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‘Strongest ever’: How netizens reacted to 5.3-magnitude earthquake in Telangana
2 weeks, 5 days ago

‘Strongest ever’: How netizens reacted to 5.3-magnitude earthquake in Telangana

Hindustan Times  

Telangana was on Wednesday morning jolted by a rare Magnitude 5.3 earthquake, which struck Mulugu area, according to the National Center for Seismology. According to the Center for Seismology, the earthquake of Magnitude 5.3 struck at around 7:27 am at a depth of 40 kilometre in Mulugu. “For the first time in last 20years, one of the strongest earthquake occured …

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5.3-magnitude earthquake strikes Telangana; tremors felt in Hyderabad
2 weeks, 5 days ago

5.3-magnitude earthquake strikes Telangana; tremors felt in Hyderabad

Hindustan Times  

Telangana earthquake today: A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolted Telangana's Mulugu district on Wednesday morning, with tremors reported in Hyderabad and parts of Andhra Pradesh, the National Center for Seismology said. Earthquake tremors in parts of Maharashtra Tremors were felt in Maharashtra's Nagpur, Gadchiroli and Chandrapur districts after an earthquake struck Mulugu in neighbouring Telangana on Wednesday morning. In Chandrapur, parts of …

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5.3 magnitude earthquake hits Telangana's Mulugu, tremors felt in Hyderabad
2 weeks, 6 days ago

5.3 magnitude earthquake hits Telangana's Mulugu, tremors felt in Hyderabad

India Today  

An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 shook Telangana's Mulugu district on Wednesday morning, the National Centre for Seismology said. "EQ of M: 5.3, On: 04/12/2024 07:27:02 IST, Lat: 18.44 N, Long: 80.24 E, Depth: 40 Km, Location: Mulugu, Telangana," NCS post on X said. People in Mulugu and its neighbouring districts, including Hyderabad, felt the tremors as the moderate intensity quake …

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Telangana hit with second-biggest earthquake in 55 years: Why tremors are rare here
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Telangana hit with second-biggest earthquake in 55 years: Why tremors are rare here

India Today  

Residents of Telangana's Mulugu area were woken up by an unusual jolt in the morning — an earthquake. An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck Mulugu, Telangana, at around 7:27 a.m. at a depth of 40 kilometres on Wednesday, according to the National Center for Seismology. The seismic zones of the entire country are classified based on the empirical seismic attenuation …

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Built To Last 1,000 Yrs, Ram Temple in Ayodhya Can Also Withstand Once-in-2,500-year Earthquake
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Built To Last 1,000 Yrs, Ram Temple in Ayodhya Can Also Withstand Once-in-2,500-year Earthquake

News 18  

The Ram Temple in Ayodhya, which emerged as one of the main centres of Hindu devotees after the grand ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony of Lord Ram earlier this month, is not only built to last 1,000 years but can also withstand the biggest earthquake that occurs once in 2,500 years. A series of scientific studies of the Ayodhya site, including geophysical …

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Climate change may have increased frequency of earthquakes in Himalayas, says Minister of Earth Sciences
1 year, 8 months ago

Climate change may have increased frequency of earthquakes in Himalayas, says Minister of Earth Sciences

The Hindu  

Climate change may have marginally increased the frequency of earthquakes in the Himalayas though there is no reliable system of forecasting them, Jitendra Singh, Minister of Earth Sciences said in response to multiple queries in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. The melting of thick ice sheets, due to climate change, could reduce load on the earth’s crust and this could …

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Micro quakes preventing large-scale event but India prepared for any eventuality: Experts
1 year, 10 months ago

Micro quakes preventing large-scale event but India prepared for any eventuality: Experts

The Hindu  

Micro tremors have been helping release tectonic stress and protecting India from a devastating event, experts said and asserted that the country has seen a paradigm shift towards effective response and mitigation. Turkey saw several powerful earthquakes within 24 hours because the couple zone area was quite big and it took time to break away," Mishra said. "The NDRF and …

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Explained | Joshimath crisis: A brief history of India’s seismic zone maps
1 year, 11 months ago

Explained | Joshimath crisis: A brief history of India’s seismic zone maps

The Hindu  

The story so far: Joshimath, a small but busy town in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, is in the midst of a crisis as 723 houses in all nine of the town’s wards have developed major or minor cracks on the floors, ceilings and walls. India’s seismic zone maps A published in the Journal of theInternational Society for the Prevention and Mitigation …

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59% of India prone to earthquakes: Here's a list of the most seismically active cities
3 years, 4 months ago

59% of India prone to earthquakes: Here's a list of the most seismically active cities

India Today  

Parts of north India have been jolted by several earthquakes in the last week, while the tremors in Bikaner were of 5.3 magnitude and the ones felt in Hyderabad were 4.0. A new seismic mapping now shows that 59 per cent of the country is prone to earthquakes of different intensities. While nearly 11 per cent of the country falls …

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