Yes, Hurricane Melissa affected seismic activity, but it did not cause a crack in the seafloor that will lead to a major ...

The recent series of earthquakes in the country indicates that the energy locked deep within the subduction zone – a place ...

The 27th national earthquake and safety drill will be held on Saturday in schools to raise awareness among students, teachers ...

How did monuments like Göbekli Tepe and the Great Pyramid survive thousands of years of earthquakes while modern structures ...

Abdullah Al Hossain Chowdhury (Rizvi), an engineer, said, “The standard of structural engineering in our country has improved ...

As the tectonic plate boundary lies close to Sylhet, the region is at high risk of devastating earthquakes. “In addition, the ...

The 5.7 earthquake in Narsingdi on November 21 renewed national awareness of the country’s deep seismic vulnerability. Lasting for 26 seconds, it was one of the strongest shakes in the region in ...

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) grouped the country into five categories based on expected levels of damage: Very high ...

Indonesia can take a page out of its own playbook for rehabilitating Aceh and Nias after the 2004 tsunami and apply it to the ...

Despite 20 years of warnings, country lacks a central body for emergency preparedness, and efforts to upgrade old buildings ...

The technical committee, comprising expert from BUET and the Central Coordination Committee of Dhaka University ...

Bangladesh has been shaken by another tremor in the span of a week, even before the panic from four quakes in two days had ...