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Venezuela earthquakes: How Google’s Android phones sensed tremors and sent alerts before disaster struck

This early detection of P-waves gives a tiny but crucial window before the disaster hits that can save lives.

‘Straight out of a horror movie’: Twin earthquakes devastate Venezuela, buildings collapse in Caracas; death toll may touch 100,000

Caracas residents fled collapsing structures as dust covered the city, while families gathered outside damaged buildings in Altamira and emergency crews continued rescue operations after Venezuela declared a state of emergency across affected areas overnight.

India’s new seismic map puts entire Himalayan region in high-risk zone: Read what it means and how it is more about building design and...

The tectonic realities of the Indian subcontinent have been the same for millions of years. The news is that we are now changing how we classify our landmass as per seismic activity, using the latest scientific data and ensuring the best possible preparedness.

355 tremors in 35 years, 12,000+ deaths: Why Afghanistan is prone to earthquakes and struggles with timely relief

At least 355 earthquakes with a magnitude of 5.0 or greater have struck Afghanistan since 1990. Over the past 35 years, earthquakes have killed more than 12,000 people.

Assam hit by 5.8 magnitude earthquake, proves efficacy of the Android Earthquake Alert System as phones displayed alerts even before tremors felt

The north-eastern region of the country was hit by an earthquake at 4:41 PM today, 14th September 2025, and it was detected by Android Earthquake Alert System in real time

Islam puts women in a lose-lose situation: How women are dying after deadly earthquake in Afghanistan because Taliban’s Sharia imposition stops men from rescuing...

Taliban's Sharia law disallows men from rescuing women, and since women can't work, there are no women rescuers to save them after Afghanistan earthquake

What is the Pacific Ring of Fire, and why the earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula triggered Tsunami alerts thousands of miles away

The Ring of Fire constitutes a vast tectonic zone that extends along the peripheries of the Pacific Ocean.

Around 1000 tremors in 2 weeks in Japan, people scared to sleep: Read why the island nation in the Pacific is so prone to...

Seismic activity has been very active in the seas around the Tokara island chain since June 21. As of 4 p.m. the number has exceeded 900

Operation Brahma: India, once again steps ups to help a neighbour in need, sends relief material and rescue teams to Myanmar after the tragic...

India extended its assistance to Myanmar through 'Operation Brahma'. On Saturday (29th March), India deployed two naval ships and an army field hospital unit to carry out relief work in the country.

Death toll from 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar rises to 674, with 1670 injured

Myanmar's military junta said 68 people were missing in the Mandalay region. The death toll from the earthquake that struck central Myanmar could exceed 10,000, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimated according to their early modeling on Friday.

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