AFGHANISTAN: An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 has struck Afghanistan, as reported by the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). The earthquake occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning at 04:43 AM Indian Standard Time (IST). The NCS shared the details in a post on X, saying that the earthquake occurred at Latitude 35.83 N, Longitude […]
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SYDNEY: A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck Saturday morning off the coast of Papua New Guinea’s New Britain Island, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The shallow quake, at a depth of 10 kilometers (six miles), triggered a tsunami warning which was later downgraded by the US Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre. “Based on all available […]
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BAJURA: The District Disaster Management Committee has decided to transfer second tranche of grant to the concerned local governments for the reconstruction of the earthquake-ravaged residences. Chief District Officer and Chairperson of the Disaster Management Committee Meghnath Padhya shared the decision to distribute the money received from the Ministry of Home Affairs to the municipalities […]
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KATHMANDU: A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has been recorded in the western belt of Nepal this morning. The National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre informed that it recorded the magnitude 4.3 earthquake having its epicentre at Batulasain of Achham district. It occurred at 6:33am. Earlier, on March 8, a magnitude 4.1 quake was recorded in the […]
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