The earth may shake, but life goes on

The fragile ecology of the Garhwal Himalaya witnessed another season of cloudbursts, landslides and flash floods -- made worse by the 1991 …

Quake sickness

Tsunami unravelled

New studies provide crucial lessons for predicting quakes

Aftershock, rebuliding after Pakistan earthquake

Soil bacterium for protection against earthquakes

Caribbean camaraderie

Why earthquakes happen all the time in Britain but not in Ireland

Earthquake catalogues in other world regions often do not go as far back into the past as in Britain and Ireland

New map of Earth’s tectonic plates to help understand quakes, volcanoes better

The study, of which the map is a part, sheds light on how past continents were formed by tectonic movements; new microplates have been added with …

Big earthquake could hit Bangladesh, northeast India

Tremendous strain is building up due to plate convergence under Bangladesh, says a new paper. A single big rupture could cause a magnitude 9 quake

‘There will be a day when we will be able to predict quakes’

Enough strain has accumulated in the Nepal region to cause a great earthquake. But how big it is going to be and when it is going to occur is a …

Building on wrong premises

The plan to rehabilitate the victims of the devastating earthquake that shook Latur last year ignores the needs of the villagers and introduces …

Quake causes rift among seismologists

Seismologists may not agree on what caused the earthquake, but their views have made the government take up better seismic monitoring and analysis.

Land of Fire and Ice: Will the Grindavik eruption in Iceland be another Eyjafjallajokull?

For now, the eruption does not present a threat to life, according to the Icelandic government  

7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan

Tremors felt in many places, including Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi-NCR

Is any place safe?

Like dormant volcanos, earthquakes, too, can strike in areas considered seismically inactive.

Devil's alternative

Mega earthquakes

EL Salvador

Volatile threat

Andaman archipelago on alert, following warnings of possible volcano eruption

Seismic data is ignoring high-pressure atomic twirls

Joshimath sinking: Did micro earthquakes lead to subsidence?

Part 1: Report by Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology finds very small seismic activities as contributing factor

Joshimath Crisis: We must learn to live with earthquakes in the Himalayas

The Himalayan frontier area where Joshimath is located has witnessed many earthquakes in the past

WHO fund to boost emergency preparedness in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund to help 11 member countries prepare for natural disasters and health emergencies

'Structures in rural Afghanistan highly vulnerable to shaking'

Relief organisations have welcomed support from the international community in the aftermath of the Hindu Kush quake

Crust falls apart

2004 megaquake fractured the Indo-Australian plate of Earth