Guwahati, June 12 (IANS) Two earthquakes struck Assam’s Cachar district within a span of less than an hour on Thursday night, triggering brief panic among residents in parts of the northeastern state’s Barak Valley region, officials said.According to seismic data, the first earthquake, measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale, occurred at around 9:10 p.m.The epicentre was located in Cachar district at latitude 24.941 degrees North and longitude 93.007 degrees East, with a focal depth of 39 kilometres,…
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Hong Kong, March 2 (IANS) An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted Volcano Islands, Japan region at 0355 GMT on Monday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said.The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 23.12 degrees north latitude and 144.30 degrees east longitude, Xinhua news agency reported.Earlier strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 hit the Volcano Islands, Japan region at 16:37 UTC on January 21, 2026. The agency reported a…