People carry an idol of Ganesha at a workshop in New Delhi, ahead of the ‘Ganesh Chaturthi’ festival that celebrates the birth of the elephant headed god.

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An Assam State Disaster Management Authority official said there was no report of any major damage from anywhere in the state so far. read more

The minor quake hit Meerut around 6:30am on Monday. read more

The quake occurred at 4.37 pm at a depth of 10 km on Sunday. read more

There were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage from the quake, which hit the east coast of the island of Mindanao. read more

Around 26 people are still unaccounted for in the small northern countryside town of Atsuma, where a cluster of dwellings were wrecked when a hillside collapsed with the force of the 6.6-magnitude quake. read more

Ecuador’s geological institute said the earthquake, which hit a remote area with a low population, caused five smaller aftershocks. read more

The epicentre of the tremor was 102 kilometres (63 miles) southeast of the capital Suva. read more

Multiple, large-scale landslides struck the sparsely populated countryside, which was also hit by the edge of a powerful typhoon that surged through Japan earlier this week. read more

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Google says that machine learning-based forecasts may, one day, help deploy emergency services and inform evacuation plans for areas at risk of an aftershock. read more

A mild earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale was felt in several parts of Odisha read more

Indonesia, one of the most disaster-prone nations on earth, straddles the so-called Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’, where tectonic plates collide and many of the world’s volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur. read more

The US Geological Survey says three earthquakes at magnitudes 6, 4.4 and 4.2 respectively struck early Sunday near the city of Javanrud in Iran’s Kermanshah province. read more

Whirlwinds seen as an elephant and zebras walk through the Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

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