India announced immediate relief assistance worth USD 500,000 on Thursday, to Vanuatu in the wake of a devastating earthquake, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.
Commemorating the 20th anniversary of Quad cooperation, India, Australia, Japan, and the United States highlighted the grouping's origins in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Emphasising the Quad's evolution from a disaster relief collaboration to a strategic partnership, the
NCM said in a statement that the earthquake, which occurred at 17:51 UAE local time, was not felt by people and was detected only by the monitoring equipment.
The earthquake occurred at 09:42 am Indian Standard Time (IST), the NCS noted. The earthquake was recorded at a depth of 10 kilometres at Latitude 28.82° N and Longitude 76.90°E.
As the world marks 20 years since the devastating tsunami of December 2004, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands remain a poignant symbol of survival and recovery. Among those who endured the catastrophe is Meghna Shekhar, a woman whose story is one of unyielding courage and dedication to rebuild
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An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 jolted the Badakhshan region of Afghanistan in the early hours of Sunday, the National Centre of Seismology (NCS) reported.
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Nepal at 3:59 am IST on December 21, 2024. The tremor occurred at a depth of 10 km near Latitude 29.17 N and Longitude 81.59 E.
He added, "Initially, we thought it was an earthquake, but later we saw the fireballs. The flames were so intense that we couldn't approach for at least five hundred meters. One after another, the vehicles caught fire, with at least thirty-three vehicles engulfed in flames."