Skip to content Menu
Science Chronicle

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Sidebar
  • Home
  • PODCASTS
  • About
  • ARCHIVES
  • Award for R. Prasad

Category: Earthquake

Posted on October 2, 2018October 2, 2018

New data from India show impounded water in reservoirs increases earthquake risk

There is now hard evidence that impounding of water by even small dams of 1 sq km with just 10 metre variation in water level can cause deformation in the…

Continue Reading
Posted on September 30, 2018October 5, 2018

An earthquake and a lie changed my life forever: Dr. Pankaj Chaturvedi

In a Facebook post, Dr. Pankaj Charurvedi, a cancer specialist at the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, recalls how his determination to reach Latur soon after the devastating earthquake 25 years…

Continue Reading
Posted on January 18, 2016June 11, 2016

Why the 7.8 magnitude Nepal quake was less devastating

Despite the April 25, 2015 Nepal earthquake being 7.8 magnitude, shallow focus, most of the vulnerable, regular, four-storey buildings escaped damage while many taller structures were severely affected. The death…

Continue Reading
Posted on January 18, 2016June 11, 2016

Why the May 12 Nepal quake is called an aftershock

The May 12, 2015 earthquake of 7.3 magnitude that struck 68 km west of Namche Bazar, close to Mount Everest is an aftershock of the April 25 Nepal quake of…

Continue Reading
Posted on January 18, 2016June 11, 2016

Himalayas: next major quake may be west of the recent one

“In future, if any earthquake were to happen along the Himalayas, it may happen further west of the focus of the main April 25 quake,” said Dr. R.K. Chadha, Chief…

Continue Reading
Posted on January 17, 2016June 28, 2016

L’Aquila’s bizarre verdict reversed

Justice has finally been done. A few days ago, an appeals court in L’Aquila, Italy, acquitted six Italian scientists who were convicted of manslaughter and awarded a six-year jail term…

Continue Reading
Posted on January 11, 2016

Editorial: Scientists crucified

Published in The Hindu on October 30, 2012 If predicting with a high degree of confidence when and where an earthquake will strike and how devastating it will be —…

Continue Reading
Posted on January 11, 2016

Editorial: After sayonara, second thoughts

Published in The Hindu on September 25, 2012 Now that the dust has settled, the Japanese government’s failure formally to approve a cabinet panel proposal to phase out nuclear energy…

Continue Reading

Posts navigation

Page 1 Page 2 … Page 4 Next Page
Follow Science Chronicle on WordPress.com

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 10,850 other followers

Archives

Social

  • View Prasad.Ravindranath’s profile on Facebook
  • View @RPrasad12’s profile on Twitter
  • View Prasad.Ravindranath@gmail.com’s profile on Google+

Recent Posts

  • Booster doses only mitigate disease severity, do not fully prevent infection January 11, 2022
  • Are there clinical trial data to support a homologous vaccine booster? January 9, 2022
  • Conflicting signals from drug regulator, COVID-19 national task force January 9, 2022
  • Even if mild, Omicron variant can overwhelming health-care settings January 9, 2022
  • Does Covaxin have WHO’s approval for use in children? January 5, 2022

Most Read Posts

  • 65 papers from India retracted for image falsification/fabrication, errors
  • UGC’s revised white list has 71 active predatory journals
  • Loosening the vice-like grip of chewing tobacco
  • How to get rid of beer foam fast
  • 127 papers from India retracted for image duplication, manipulation
  • IIT Bombay team removes heavy metals from water with greater efficiency
  • 'Copy and paste' content spotted in IISER Thiruvananthapuram director's papers
  • Home
  • PODCASTS
  • About
  • ARCHIVES
  • Award for R. Prasad
  • Home
  • PODCASTS
  • About
  • ARCHIVES
  • Award for R. Prasad
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
Top
Follow Science Chronicle on WordPress.com

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 10,850 other followers

Archives

  • Follow Following
    • Science Chronicle
    • Join 10,850 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Science Chronicle
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...