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Bhutan: Houses built with stone slabs more susceptible to earthquakes
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to The Bhutan Live, the ongoing national earthquake safety assessment by the Department of Human Settlement checks for a house's resistance to earthquakes with magnitudes ranging between 6.1 to 6.9.
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Bhutanese houses constructed with stone slabs more susceptible to earthqua
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to the study, the stone-masonry buildings will not be safe if the country experiences an earthquake with a magnitude between 6.1 and 6.9.
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"Global decision-making must be democratised if it has to have a future,"
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting commenced with a minute's silence observed for those who lost their lives in the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
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In wake of earthquakes, Erdogan forced to change focus of election campaig
Updated : 3 years ago IST
These elections may turn out to be the most symbolic, dramatic and important in Turkey's modern history, as they will mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey, will decide the course the country will take in the coming decades.
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Deep earthquakes could reveal secrets of Earth's mantle
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to a recent study by a researcher from the University of Chicago, the Earth may be ringed by a layer of unexpectedly fluid rock that is located at the very bottom of the upper mantle.
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"Indian plate moving 5 cm every year, raising possibility of earthquakes":
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A leading weather scientist and geological expert has warned that the Indian tectonic plate is moving about 5 cm every year, leading to accumulation of stress along the Himalayas and increasing the possibility of major seismic events -- earthquakes -- in the coming days.
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"Deeply concerned" US will extend full support to quake-hit Turkey
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Taking to Twitter, Sullivan wrote, "We are deeply concerned by the news of earthquakes impacting areas already devastated in Turkiye and Syria. The U.S. will continue to extend our full support."
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UN ready to "provide additional support" after two fresh earthquakes hit T
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"My thoughts continue to be with the people of Turkiye and Syria, as they face the impact of new earthquakes striking the region this evening. @UN teams on the ground are assessing the situation, and we stand ready to provide additional support as needed," Guterres said in a tweet.
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3 killed, 213 injured as two earthquakes shatter lives in Turkey
Updated : 3 years ago IST
On Monday evening, two earthquakes jolted Turkey's southernmost Hatay province, just two weeks after major quakes hit the region, the country's disaster management agency said.
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At least 8 injured as 6.4, 5.8 magnitude earthquakes rattle Turkey
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to Turkey's Anadolu Agency citing the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), one of the quakes occured at around 20.04 pm, local time (1704GMT) in the Defence district of Hatay, with a magnitude of 6.4, while the other quake with a magnitude of 5.8 hit the country
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Two earthquakes hit Turkey fortnight after deadly tremors
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"Today a Magnitude 6.4 #earthquake (#deprem) hit #Antioch (#Turkey) at 20:04:29 local time (UTC 17:04:29). Shaking was felt over 400km by approximately 30M people in Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus, Syrian Arab Republic and Israel," EMSC quake tweeted.
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PM Modi interacts with NDRF, other organizations involved in Operation Dos
Updated : 3 years ago IST
India launched Operation Dost to extend assistance to Turkey and Syria after devastating quakes and aftershocks in the region.
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