Strong earthquake tremors felt in Delhi NCR. The quake measuring 7.7 on richter scale strike Pakistan & parts of India. The epicenter is believed to be 90 km from Fayzabad in Afghanistan.
22 Mar 2023, 07:13:25 AM IST
4.5 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia's Jayapura
An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 on the Richter scale jolted 4 km north-north west of Jayapura, Indonesia on Wednesday.
Jayapura is the capital and the largest city of Indonesian province. The earthquake hit Jayapura at 01:02:45 (UTC 05:30) on Wednesday, at a depth of 32.8 km. The earthquake epicentre was 2.498°S and 140.704°E, respectively. As of now, no casualty has been reported so far.
22 Mar 2023, 06:24:40 AM IST
Delhi Fire Services receive hoax call about the tilting of a building after quake
Immediately after earthquake centred in Afghanistan, jolted the national capital region and adjoining Noida area last night, Delhi Fire Services received a call informing about the tilting of a building in the Shakarpur area. Immediately after the authorities reached on the spot, no building was found tilted. Even the residents of the building were unaware of the hoax call
22 Mar 2023, 05:43:51 AM IST
Delhi-NCR residents recount powerful quake, calls it strong and scary
After a 6.6 Richter scale of earthquake jolted Afghanistan and Pakistan, the powerful tremors were even in the Delhi-NCR region, UP, and Jammu and Kashmir. "I have experienced earthquakes in the past but the tremors this time were strong and long enough to make me rush out of my apartment with my children...I am scared to sleep now," Vidhya Bhalla, a resident of Delhi's New Friends Colony, said Tuesday night.
Bhalla's account was echoed by a cross-section of residents of Delhi-NCR after a 6.6 magnitude temblor on Tuesday night was felt across large swathes of northern India as the earthquake struck the Hindukush region in Afghanistan. Panic gripped in Noida as strong tremors jolted the national capital area.
22 Mar 2023, 05:27:16 AM IST
Cracks developed in apartmeents in Pakistan after Earthquake
After the earthquake left around 9 people dead and several people injured, some of the buildings had also developed crack after the earthquake.
After feeling sharp tremors, many people fleed their homes and offices Pakistan's capital of Islamabad, some reciting verses from the Quran, Islam's holy book, reported AP.
22 Mar 2023, 03:20:51 AM IST
9 killed, dozens of others injured in Pakistan's Swat valley
At least 9 people were killed and nearly 150 injured in Swat valley region of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province local media reported.
Bilal Faizi, a spokesman for Pakistan's emergency services said nine people were killed when roofs collapsed in various parts of northwestern Pakistan. Dozens of others were injured in the quake, which was centered in Afghanistan and also felt in bordering Tajikistan. Most of the injured were later discharged from the hospital, Faizi added.
The earthquake triggered landslides in some of the mountainous areas, disrupting traffic.
22 Mar 2023, 02:28:55 AM IST
2 dead, 150 injured in Pakistan's Swat valley
At least two people were killed and 150 injured in in Pakistan's Swat valley, local media reported.
The epicentre of the earthquake was Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region, while its depth was 180 kilometres, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department.
An interim report from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Disaster Management Authority said that two people died and six people were injured from incidents of roof, wall and house collapses while eight homes were partially damaged in the province.
However, Swat District Police Officer Shafiullah Gandapur said that two people died in the district while 150 were injured, adding that they were moved to Saidu Teaching Hospital for treatment.
22 Mar 2023, 01:40:55 AM IST
Over 100 hospitalised in Pakistan's Swat valley
More than 100 people were brought to hospitals in the Swat valley region of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in a state of shock, AP reported.
Terrified people collapsed, and some of them collapsed because of the shock of the earthquake, Bilal Faizi, a spokesman for Pakistan's emergency services said.
21 Mar 2023, 11:57:00 PM IST
Quake measuring 5.9 rocks Valparaiso, Chile
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Valparaiso, Chile on Tuesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.
The quake was at a depth of 44 kilometers (27.34 miles) below the earth's surface, EMSC said.
21 Mar 2023, 11:55:56 PM IST
Many rush out of their homes in Afghanistan
A strong earthquake lasting for at least 30 seconds was felt across much of Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of India Tuesday night, with the United States Geological Survey putting the magnitude at 6.5.
"It was a terrifying tremor. I had never felt such a tremor before in my life," Khatera, 50, a resident of Kabul, told AFP after rushing out of their fifth-storey apartment in the capital.
The USGS said the quake was centred near Jurm in northeastern Afghanistan and had a depth of 187 kilometers (116 miles).
The region is frequently hit by earthquakes -- especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, which lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, but the quake was felt strongly across much of Afghanistan, Pakistan and even further east in parts of India.
"So far, thank God, there has been no bad news of casualties. We hope that all citizens of the country are safe," tweeted the Afghan government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.
21 Mar 2023, 11:12:06 PM IST
Quake lasted at least 30 seconds was felt across South Asia
A strong earthquake lasting for at least 30 seconds was felt across much of Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of India Tuesday night, with the meteorology department pegging it to be 6.6 on richter scale.
"People ran out of their houses and were reciting the Koran," an AFP correspondent in Pakistani city of Rawalpindi said, with similar reports coming from elsewhere in the country and in Afghanistan.
More than 1,000 people were killed and tens of thousands made homeless after a 5.9-magnitude quake -- the deadliest in Afghanistan in nearly a quarter of a century -- struck the impoverished province of Paktika on June 22 last year.
21 Mar 2023, 11:03:53 PM IST
Vice president Meteorology: Worse is over now
Mahesh Palawat, Vice president Meteorology And climate tweeted, “It wa a strong #earthquake. Worse is over now. Aftershocks are usually milder. Of moderate intensity. Can damage old buildings in the vicinity which are damaged by main event. May not be felt in #India. no worries. #AfghanistanEarthquake #earthquake"
21 Mar 2023, 11:01:46 PM IST
Vice president Meteorology: No damage expected in India
Mahesh Palawat, Vice president Meteorology And climate Change says no damage expected in India as it's the joint of Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates lies in zone 5
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