Magnitude  

A magnitude-5.3 earthquake hit Tokyo and nearby areas on Friday, following an unprecedented government advisory on earthquake risks, briefly disrupting metro services without triggering a tsunami alert.
 

On August 8, Southern Japan was hit by two deadly earthquakes of 7.1 and 6.9 magnitude on the Richter scale. Here are the top 7 devastating earthquakes with over 7 magnitudes.  

There are several countries in the world that experience earthquakes of extremely high magnitudes. Japan and Indonesia experience frequent earthquakes. These countries are prone to various natural disasters like tsunamis and volcanic eruptions.

Neeraj Chopra is today a household name in India. The Javelin thrower is yet to fully come to terms with the magnitude of his achievement at the Tokyo Olympics. He spoke exclusively to Asianet News.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 on the Richter Scale hit 433km NNW of Kargil, Ladakh today at 3:37 am

Tremors were felt in India-Pakistan border. An earthquake of 6.3 magnitude was experienced in some parts of Delhi-NCR and north India. Tremors were also experienced in Pakistan.
 

Former Union finance minister P Chidambaram faces imminent arrest as the Delhi high court did not honour his anticipatory-bail plea and the Supreme Court willing to hear the bail plea only on Friday, the 23rd. 

Data released by the Gandhinagar-based Institute of Seismological Research said tremors were recorded at 10.31 pm

The quake hit in a sparsely populated region of Peru's Amazon basin region but was felt over a wide area. In Lima and other cities, frightened residents rushed into the streets.

It was a medium intensity earthquake and the epicentre of the earthquake was 10 km below the earth's surface, experts said

The Pollachi sexual assault case shook the whole of Tamil Nadu and the nation because of the sheer magnitude of the crime. Scores of women had been tortured. However, it is only now that police have included rape charge in the First Information Report (FIR)