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The special Budget-day trading session on Sunday proved a painful one for the markets, which were left shell-shocked by the hike in Securities Transaction Tax (STT) on derivatives. This led to a sharp sell-off that pulled the sensex down by over 1,500 points — its biggest points loss on a Budget day — to close…
Japan: 6.2 magnitude earthquake jolts west coast; no tsunami warning issued Source link
NEW DELHI: An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter Scale struck Morigaon district in Assam early Monday morning, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said. The tremor occurred at 04:17:40 IST, with its epicentre located at latitude 26.37 N and longitude 92.29 E, at a depth of 50 km. There were no immediate reports of…
An earthquake of magnitude 6 has jolted Japan right before the New Year at 11.26pm local time. According to USGS, the epicentre is 91 km east of Noda. The depth of the quake was recorded to be 19.3 km.There were no immediate records of casualties.Earlier, an earthquake of magnitude 3.4 also struck Leh, Ladakh, on…
An earthquake of 6.7 magnitude hit Japan’s northeastern region with an intensity of 4 at 11.44 am local time. The quake follows a larger earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 that struck the same region on Monday.The JMA has issued a tsunami warning with waves expected up to 1 metre along the northern Pacific coastline(This…
Massive earthquake jolts Japan days after 7.5 tremors Source link
A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook Indonesia’s Sumatra island near Aceh province on Thursday, according to the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG). The tremor, which struck at a depth of 10 km, was felt across the region, but authorities confirmed that there is no tsunami threat, Reuters.Indonesia, located on the seismically active Pacific “Ring…
A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook Indonesia’s Sumatra island near Aceh province on Thursday, according to the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG). The tremor, which struck at a depth of 10 km, was felt across the region, but authorities confirmed that there is no tsunami threat, Reuters reported.Indonesia, located on the seismically active Pacific…
NEW DELHI An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 struck the Andaman Islands at 12:06pm on Sunday, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). The tremor was recorded at a depth of 90 kilometres in the Andaman Sea.However, initial data from the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) estimated the quake’s magnitude at 6.07 and placed…
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka region on Monday, according to the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ). The quake occurred at a depth of 24 kilometers (14.91 miles), the agency reported, as cited by Reuters. No injuries have been reported as of yet. The Kamchatka Peninsula lies along the…
