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Pakistan: Earthquake of 4.7 magnitude jolts Peshawar
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck Peshawar on Wednesday, with its epicentre in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region, Geo News reported. The quake was felt across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. No damage was reported.
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Bangladesh Met Department says country at risk of tectonic activity after
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"Geographically we are at risk due to being surrounded by three lands with tectonic activities with the boundary of Bangladesh, it is about 100-150 kilometres. Even in north we have the Eurasian plate in Nepal, and we are standing in Indo-Australian plate, and on our eastern side in Myanm
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Afghanistan jolted by two back to back earthquakes
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Two earthquakes of magnitude 4.2 and 4.5 hit Afghanistan in the early hours of Saturday.
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"First step to justice...": Rahul reaffirms push for caste census after Te
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Amid tectonic political churn at the hustings in Bihar, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Sunday reiterated the party's push for a caste-based census across the country.
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"Women Must Ensure National Ambition for Global Good is Recognised": Smrit
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12: Speaking on India’s women-led development phase underlined by PM Modi, Smriti Irani, Minister of Women & Child Development said, "The very phrase ‘women-led development’ is a tectonic shift of not only narrative, but perception. Women in our country were alw
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BangaloreOffice facilitates a quick search for the best office space in Ba
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 5 (ANI/PNN): Over the last two years, workplace norms around the world have gone through a tectonic shift. While some organizations have continued the traditional office-going culture, others have adopted a hybrid model. The catastrophic COVID crisis has
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"Indian plate moving 5 cm every year, raising possibility of earthquakes":
Updated : 3 years, 3 months 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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Scientists detect molten rock layer hidden under Earth's tectonic plates
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers had previously identified patches of melt at a similar depth. But a new study led by The University of Texas at Austin revealed for the first time the layer's global extent and its part in plate tectonics.
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4.3 magnitude earthquake jolts Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Earth's crust is especially lively in Afghanistan because it is where the Arabian, Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates meet.
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Earthquake of 4.5 magnitude felt in Bay of Bengal
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 on the Richter scale jolted the Bay of Bengal on Sunday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) informed.
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Giant mantle plume reveals Mars is more active than previously thought
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
On Earth, shifting tectonic plates reshuffle the planet's surface and make for a dynamic interior, so the absence of such processes on Mars led many to think of it as a dead planet, where not much happened in the past 3 billion years.
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Earthquake of magnitude 3.4 hits near Meghalaya's Tura
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
According to the NCS, the movement of tectonic plates under the earth's surface was felt around 3:46 am in 37 kilometres east northeast of Tura. The depth of the earthquake was 5 km below the ground.
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