The death toll from the quake has increased to 13, Taiwan's National Fire Agency (NFA) said, after three bodies were recovered from a walking trail through the mountainous region. Of them, two bodies were recovered on Friday and the other on Saturday, the NFA said, while adding that the team
Following the 4.8-magnitude earthquake that struck New York and New Jersey on Friday, the Consulate General of India in New York said that no Indian national has reportedly been hurt so far, and they are in touch with members of the Indian diaspora.
The US Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that the earthquake that affected several regions in the US might impact some air traffic facilities in New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck 7 km north-northeast of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, on Friday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
As of now, no loss of life has been reported in the earthquake of magnitude 5.3 on the Richter scale that struck Himachal Pradesh's Chamba area on Thursday, said the Chief Secretary of the state, Prabodh Saxena.
Cochrane noted that the economic effect could have been greater if the earthquake centred in Taipei or the west coast, where much of the semiconductor industry is located.
Union Minister for Earth Sciences Kiren Rijiju on Thursday accused the Congress Party of exploiting a Christian forum in Arunachal Pradesh for political gains against the BJP.