national centre for seismology

In the early hours of Tuesday, the Bay of Bengal experienced a 4.6 magnitude earthquake, its epicenter lying just 10 kilometers beneath the surface. The tremor, recorded at 7:43 am IST, echoes a similar seismic activity that shook the region previously this month.

An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale jolted Doda, Jammu and Kashmir, early Sunday morning. The tremor, occurring at a shallow depth of 10 km, had its epicenter at latitude 33.090 N and longitude 75.928 E. This event was reported by the national centre for seismology.

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake jolted Assam on Sunday morning at 09:21:58 IST. The tremor, originating at a depth of 5 km in Cachar district, had its epicentre at latitude 24.659°N and longitude 92.763°E. No immediate damage or casualties have been reported.

Ministry of earth sciences will soon be setting up country's first National Centre for Seismological Research at New Delhi with a three point agenda.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 hit near Champhai in Mizoram on Friday, said the national centre for seismology (NCS).

An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 on the Richter Scale struck Xizang on Tuesday early morning, the national centre for seismology (NCS) said. According to NCS, the earthquake occurred at 3.45am today at a depth of 140 Km. "Earthquake of Magnitude:5.0, Occurred on 28-11-2023, 03:45:44 IST, Lat: 28.57 & Long: 87.80, Depth: 140 Km, Location: Xizang", the NCS said in a post on X. Moreover, no casualties have been reported yet. Earlier, an earthquake of magnitude 4.0 jolted Tibet's Xizang on September 10. The quake occurred at 05:40:55 and the depth was recorded to be at 10 KM.

The national centre for seismology informed that an earthquake of magnitude 3.6 on the Ritcher scale hit Maharashtra's Palghar region on Thursday (July 1).

An earthquake of magnitude 3.4 struck the Kargil district of Ladakh on Saturday night, the national centre for seismology (NCS) said.

Strong tremors were felt in Kanpur and other parts of the state at 2 am. on Wednesday after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck in Nepal which triggered panic among the people. They rushed out of their houses in the middle of the night.

Amid a string of low-to-mild intensity earthquakes felt in Delhi-NCR region over the last few days, national centre for seismology (NCS) on Thursday sought to assure the NDMA that there was no need to panic. At a recent meeting, NDMA discussed management of risk posed by earthquakes in Delhi-NCR, where NCS underlined the importance of undertaking mitigation measures.

Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, experienced multiple earthquakes, including magnitudes 3.5, 3.8, and 3.2. The quakes occurred at depths of 5-10 km, with precise timings and coordinates provided by NCS.

The Tamil Nadu government would set up a monitoring centre for seismology with support from the national centre for seismology.

A 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan's Badakhshan region at 6:35 am IST, according to the National Centre of Seismology (NCS). The earthquake's epicenter was at a depth of 82 kilometers. This seismic event follows two earlier earthquakes in the region this week, highlighting the region's vulnerability to such natural occurrences.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 on the Richter scale hit 332 km Northeast of Hanle in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. According to the national centre for seismology, the tremors were felt in the area at 12:32 hours (IST) today.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 on the Richter scale jolted 83 kilometre southeast of Fayzabad in Afghanistan at 6.08 am on Tuesday morning, as per the national centre for seismology.

An earthquake of magnitude 3.9 on the Richter scale hit Mayurbhanj in Odisha on Friday, said national centre for seismology.

An earthquake of magnitude 2.6 on the Richter scale occurred in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand on Friday, said national centre for seismology.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale was recorded in Afghanistan on Tuesday afternoon, the national centre for seismology (NCS) said

There have been no reports of earthquake-related casualties or damage as of now

A 2.9 magnitude earthquake hit Sonepat in Haryana on Saturday, the national centre for seismology said.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted Assam's Tezpur district on Sunday afternoon, as per the national centre for seismology.

National Centre of Seismology (NCS), a unit of the Ministry of Earth Science, will set up four seismological observatories in Bihar by the end of this year.