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Sunday, October 26, 2025
TopicEarthquakes

Topic: Earthquakes

Rescue teams struggle to reach survivors in Afghanistan quake which killed at least 1,000

The eastern Paktika province, home to some of the country’s most impoverished farmers and cattle herders, was the worst hit by the 5.9 magnitude earthquake, the Taliban govt said.

Death toll in Afghanistan earthquake is now 1,000, over 600 injured

The quake, measuring 6.1 in magnitude, struck Wednesday morning in the country’s southeast, near the Pakistan border.

Can Japan predict earthquakes

Japan has the most advanced earthquake warning system in all of the world. People are warned of earthquakes before the destructive waves commence.

Survey of largest archival of Hubble data reveals why some planets are hot

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Magnitude-7.4 earthquake hits Japan near Fukushima, leaves 4 dead, halts factories

The affected area was devastated by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami in 2011 which left nearly 20,000 dead or missing, and triggered a nuclear crisis.

7.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Japan’s Fukushima, triggers tsunami warning

The earthquake, which also disrupted power in parts of Tokyo, struck at around 11:36 pm local time, Japan's meteorological agency said.

Earthquake of 5.7 magnitude hits Jammu & Kashmir

The epicentre of the quake, which hit at 9.45 am, was at the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border.

4.1 magnitude earthquake hits Assam’s Guwahati

Earlier in the day, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 on the Richter Scale hit Rajasthan's Jalore.

At least 22 killed as 5.9-magnitude earthquake hits Pakistan’s Balochistan province

Over 300 have been injured after the powerful earthquake struck early Thursday. The quake affected Quetta, Sibi, Harnai, Pishin, Qila Saifullah, Chaman, Ziarat and Zhob in Balochistan.

3 dead, 60 injured as earthquake of 6.0 magnitude hits China’s Sichuan

The earthquake relief headquarters of Sichuan has activated a level-II response and a level-I emergency response in Luzhou City.

On Camera

Be soft, smile more, never text first—‘feminine energy’ is men’s new obsession

Uncertified dating gurus are teaching women to be suggestive, mysterious, and never loud. For some of us, this level of performance is simply unachievable. We might as well give up and become Brahma Kumaris.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.