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Dr Afroz Ahmad Shah

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Kashmir and Beyond: The Beautiful Landscapes That Conceal Deadly Faults

On August 31, at exactly 19:17:34 UTC, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck east-northeast of Jalalabad, Afghanistan. At a shallow depth of just eight...

03.09.2025 10

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Dr Afroz Ahmad Shah

Kishtwar Tragedy Was Years in the Making

When the cloudburst hit Kishtwar, in the mountains of Jammu and Kashmir, it took just minutes for the rain to shred lives apart.  Homes vanished,...

16.08.2025 10

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Dr Afroz Ahmad Shah

The Tectonic Link

On March 28, 2025, life changed dramatically for the people of Mandalay; at 12:50 PM local time, the ground beneath Myanmar’s second-largest city...

31.03.2025 10

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Dr Afroz Ahmad Shah

Recurrent Earthquakes 

Recently, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that a magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurred at 4 km NW of Baramulla, India, originating...

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Dr Afroz Ahmad Shah