Recent Natural Disasters | Calamities | Hazards

April 5, 2020: A moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.7 has been felt in Tezpur, India today at 23:20 pm local time. According to the United States Geological Survey, the epicenter was located 17 km S of Tezpur. The earthquake occurred at 49 km depth. The earthquake was felt by the people of Tezpur, Nagaon, Rangapara,Itanagar, Gauhati and as far as Shillong, Meghalaya. No preliminary damage or injuries have been reported from the earthquake in Tezpur today.

April 5, 2020: A video is viral today showing a massive earthquake damage in China. The China earthquake video is viral on social medias like facebook and twitter. But it's not the video of earthquake in China today. It's totally rumour that the earthquake has rattled China today. We have received huge traffic on our website searching for China earthquake 2020 around 8:10 am UTC. Most of the visitors are from New Zealand. We have checked the official government sites and other international seismological sites, but there is no information of any major earthquake in China today.

April 5, 2020: The Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-Hazards Department, Port Vila has issued red alert for Sanma, Penama and Malampa provinces following tropical cyclone Harold. Also yellow alert has been issued for Torba and Shefa provinces. The tropical cyclone warning has been issued for Sanma, Penama and Malampa provinces. At 5:00 pm local time today, severe tropical cyclone Harold was located 175 km west of Luganville and 205 km west northwest of Malekula. Tropical cyclone harold is currently a category 4 cyclone.  Severe tropical cyclone Harold has been moving slowly in a southwesterly direction at 5 km per hour in the past 3 hours.  Damaging gale force winds, destructive storm force winds with heavy rainfalls and flash flooding over low lying areas and areas close to the river banks including coastal flooding are expected over Sanma, Penama and Malampa provinces and extending to Torba and Shefa provinces tonight. The Vanuatu National Disaster Management Office (V

April 3, 2020: An earthquake of magnitude 3.2 has been recorded in Coorg, Karnataka at 05:20 pm local time. The earthquake tremor which lasted for about three seconds had its epicenter near Arkalgud-K R Nagar, Karnataka, India . According to the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre, the tremor was felt in Mysuru, Mandya and Hassan district. The people rushed out of their houses for safety in various areas of Kodagu district.. No major damage or injuries is expected from the earthquake due to its mild intensity.

April 3, 2020: Magnitude 4.9 moderate earthquake has been recorded near Borrego Springs today along the San Jacinto fault system. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake occurred at 6:53 p.m local time with epicenter located 11 km SE of Borrego Springs and 17 km WNW of Anza, California. The earthquake occurred at 10.5 km depth. The USGS said it got shake reports from Mountain Center, Anza, Palm Desert, Ranchita, La Quinta, Escondido, San Diego, Poway, Santee, Ramona, Palm Springs, La Mesa, San Marcos, Temecula, Fallbrook, El Cajon, Murrieta, Rancho and Mirage. About San Jacinto fault The San Jacinto fault zone is the major fault zone that runs through San Diego in Southern California, United States .  According to the Southern California Earthquake Data Center, the San Jacinto is 210 km long, including Coyote Creek fault. Nearby Communities: Lytle Creek, San Bernardino, Loma Linda, San Jacinto, Hemet, Anza, Borrego Springs,

April 2, 2020: At least 20 people have been killed due to the lightning strike in Kintele, a suburb of Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo (Congo Republic). The high voltage cables broke up over the lightning caused by rains leading to electrocution in the Brazzaville area. Atleast dozen of people are still having treatment at the Talangai Reference Hospital. Over the next 24 hours, heavy rain is forecast over central-south Republic of the Congo, including the Brazzaville area. The chances of a human being struck by lightning in a given years is roughly 1 in 7,00,000. Lightning occurs on average 50 to 100 times per second worldwide.