Natural Disasters

Magnitude 6.5 quake hits Papua New Guinea: USGS

(Reuters) - A magnitude 6.5 quake hit Papua New Guinea on Wednesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Publication Date: 
08/11/2017
Reuters
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Papua New Guinea
Natural Disasters

Nations better shielded from disasters, Pacific most at risk - study

BONN, Germany (Reuters) - Many nations have become less vulnerable to natural disasters ranging from cyclones to earthquakes because of improved preparedness, but Pacific island states remain most

Publication Date: 
08/11/2017
Reuters
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Cyclones, Earthquakes, Floods, Pacific Islands, Storms, Heat Waves, Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Tonga, Philippines, Vanuatu, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Climate Change
Natural Disasters

“Light” Earthquake Shakes Al Hoceima in Northeastern Morocco

Rabat – An earthquake registering 4.0 on the Richter scale struck the northeastern region of Al Hoceima on Sunday, the National Institute of Geophysics (ING) has announced.

Publication Date: 
06/11/2017
Morocco World News (Morocco)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Morocco, Africa
Natural Disasters

A global assessment of historical and future tsunami hazards based on seismic records over the last 400 years and estimated seismic gaps

This report shares the findings of a global tsunami hazard assessment for local regions, including low tsunami risk areas, based on a 400-year database. This assessment provides insight on past and potential future tsunamis, allowing stakeholders to better anticipate future tsunamis based on seismic gaps.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2017
Fumihiko Imamura, Anawat Suppasri, Panon Latcharote, & et al
International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS)
Tags:
Tsunami, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Statistics
Natural Disasters

Earthquake of magnitude 6 strikes off Ambon in Indonesia: USGS

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck off Ambon in Indonesia’s Molucca islands, the United States Geological Survey said on Tuesday.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2017
Reuters
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Indonesia
Natural Disasters

Magnitude 7.0 undersea quake hits near New Caledonia, no tsunami

(Reuters) - A major undersea earthquake of magnitude 7.0 struck close to New Caledonia in the South Pacific on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Publication Date: 
31/10/2017
Reuters
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Tsunami, New Caledonia
Natural Disasters

Post-seismic landslides, the tough lesson of a catastrophe

The rock avalanche that destroyed the village of Xinmo in Sichuan, China, on June 24th, 2017, brought the issue of landslide risk and disaster chain management in highly seismic regions back into the spotlight. The long-term post-seismic behaviour of mountain slopes is complex and hardly predictable. Nevertheless, the integrated use of field monitoring, remote sensing and real-time predictive modelling can help to set-up effective early warning systems, provide timely alarms, optimize rescue operations and perform secondary hazard assessments.

Publication Date: 
18/10/2017
Qiang Xu, Xuanmei Fan, Gianvito Scaringi
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences - Discussions
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Tags:
Landslides, Avalanches, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Geology, China, Disaster Preparedness, Remote Sensing
Dams/ Irrigation

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding the proposed Subansiri Lower Hydro Electric Project (SLHEP) threatening the ecology of lower Subansiri river, 16/10/2017

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Aabhijeet Sharma Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/10/2017 regarding the proposed Subansiri Lower Hydro Electric Project (SLHEP) located at the Assam Arunachal border with a 116 m high dam to generate 2000 mw of power has given rise to an ominous situation that threatens the ecology of lower Subansiri river along with the likelihood of disruption of the lifestyle and lives of riparian people.

Judgement Date: 
16/10/2017
Tags:
Lower Subansiri, Dams, Riverine Ecology, Assam, Arunachal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Geology, Earthquakes, Dam Safety, Floods, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
Natural Disasters

Calamities displace 23L every year

India ranks the highest among the world's most disaster-prone countries for displacement of residents, with 23 lakh, on average, uprooted due to calamities such as floods, cyclones and earthquakes.

Publication Date: 
13/10/2017
Pradeep Thakur
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Displacement, Floods, Cyclones, Earthquakes, Sea Level Rise, Bihar, India, Natural Disasters
Natural Disasters

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes off Papua New Guinea: USGS

LONDON (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 230 km (143 miles) off New Britain, Papua New Guinea, early on Tuesday local time, at a depth of 5.7 km, the United States Geological Survey sai

Publication Date: 
26/09/2017
Reuters
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Papua New Guinea

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