The agency said the earthquake had no tsunami potential. The epicenter of the earthquake was felt in the capital Jakarta, about 200 km from the epicenter. Abdul Muhri, a spokesman for Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency (BNPB), said one person was injured and four houses were damaged in the city of Garut. Some residents of other […]
Two powerful earthquakes like nuclear bomb struck in Australia’s Queensland. The earthquake had 5.7 magnitudes and 5.2 magnitudes respectively. The earthquake struck at 1.38 am. According to Australia’s geology, both earthquakes total energy are equal to a nuclear bomb. The place of earthquake was 200 km from Brisbane. As the place was deserted, there were […]
An earthquake jolted many parts of Bangladesh including the capital Dhaka yesterday. It was 6:40 in the evening and the magnitude of the earthquake was 5.3. According to the US geological survey the epicenter of the quake was Assam of India, it originated at the depth of 11.5 km below earth. There is no report […]
Around 2,500 people including students and staff are staying in Dhaka University’s five risky buildings, which may collapse during earthquake, said sources concerned. Several structures at the halls have been found high risky of earthquake, observes DU Chief Engineer Muhammad Mufizul Islam. “Around five buildings of Dhaka University have been declared high risky but the […]
Bangladesh has been experiencing tremors more frequently than before. Yesterday the capital Dhaka and its adjoining areas were jolted again. Meteorological Department says, it was 4.1 on Richter scale and felt around 6:58. Its epicenter was 183 kilometers off Bangladesh India border region. There was no report of casualties. Seismologists are divided on the tremor […]
It is believed that sunflower at its full height can absorb large quantities of radioactive caesium. This property of sunflower is very useful to decontaminate radioactive soil. After Chernobyl disaster in 1986 a large quantity of sunflower were planted in neighboring areas. Recent earthquake in japan triggered tsunami which caused Fukushima tragedy. In fact Fukushima […]
A mild earthquake rocks the capital and other parts of the country yesterday afternoon. Such incident occurred for the third time this month causing panic among people. Two other earthquakes caused tremor in the capital and some other parts of the country on February 10 and February 4. The quakes were at three different faults […]
Within very short time, a roundtable seminar on mitigating the earthquake phobia will be organized. Intermittent of earthquakes that occurred a few days ago in the capital city and around the country made a kind of panic among the inhabitants of the country. This initiative is taken by the Organization of civil engineers, forum for […]
