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6.9 magnitude quake hits China's Qinghai
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 8 (ANI): A 6.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Menyuan county in northwest China's Qinghai Province on Saturday (local time), local media reported citing China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
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Study finds earth's volcanic hotspots are cool
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): A new research has found that the hotspots that create volcanic islands like those of Hawaii, Iceland or the Galapagos are surprisingly cool, and may not originate from active lava plumes in earth's deep mantle.
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Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 hits near Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) January 7 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale hit near Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) informed on Friday.
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Jitendra Singh inaugurates India's first Open Rock Museum
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 6 (ANI): On the first day of his two-day visit, Union Minister of State, Dr Jitendra Singh on Thursday inaugurated India's first unique "Rock" Museum and later addressed the Hyderabad scientists at the CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI)
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Reconstruction drive transforms lives of rural Nepali women hit by earthqu
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Gorkha [Nepal], January 6 (ANI): The devastating earthquake of 2015 with its epicentre in the mountainous Gorkha district shook the Himalayan Nation of Nepal, claiming nearly 10,000 lives, injuring thousands and displacing over half a million people.
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Earthquake of magnitude 4.2 hits Bhutan's Thimphu
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Thimphu [Bhutan], January 6 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale hit Bhutan's capital Thimphu, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) informed on Thursday.
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Gravitational action of sun and moon influences behaviour of animals and p
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], January 5 (ANI): The rhythms of activity in all biological organisms, both plants and animals, are closely linked to the gravitational tides created by the orbital mechanics of the Sun-Earth-Moon system. This truth has been somewhat neglected by scientific research but is
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Earthquake of magnitude 3.7 hits Sikkim's Ravangla
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
South Sikkim (Sikkim) [India], January 5 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 on the Richter scale jolted Sikkim's Ravangla in the early hours on Wednesday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) informed.
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30 injured as 5.5 magnitude quake jolts China's Yunnan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 4 (ANI): Thirty people have been injured in a 5.5-magnitude earthquake that struck the county of Ninglang in Southwest China's Yunnan province on Sunday, local media reported citing authorities.
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6.3 magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Ogasawara Islands
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 4 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 on Tuesday struck off Japan's Ogasawara Islands of Tokyo Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
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6.2 magnitude earthquake jolts Taiwan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], January 3 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 6.2 magnitudes on the Richter scale hit Taiwan on Monday evening said US Geological Survey (USGS).
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22 injured in 5.5 magnitude earthquake in China's Yunnan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 3 (ANI): Twenty-two people have been injured in a 5.5-magnitude earthquake that struck the county of Ninglang in Southwest China's Yunnan province on Sunday, local media reported citing authorities.
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