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Earthquake Resources for the Middle East, Asia and Australia

Earthquakes in Your Region

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Quake-related information—maps, reports, advice—for the Middle East, Asia and Australia.

Afghanistan: Seismic Hazard Map—From the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program.

Australia: Earthquake Information—A collection of links, maps and reports from Geoscience Australia.

Australia: Earthquake News—The commercial Seismology Research Centre in Melbourne hosts this page with maps of current quakes and a long list of previous ones below.

Australia: Seismic Hazard Map—From the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program.

China: Seismic Hazard Map—From the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program.

East Asia: Seismic Hazard Map—From Siberia to Malaysia, a map from the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program.

Himalaya (Nepal/Bhutan/Bangladesh): Seismic Hazard Map—From the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program.

India: Seismic Hazard Map—From the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program.

Indonesia: Seismic Hazard Map—From the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program.

Iran: Seismic Hazard Map—From the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program.

Japan: Seismic Hazard Map—From the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program.

Japan: Earthquake Research Institute—This division of the University of Tokyo is one of the few English-language quake information Web sites in Japan. Only recent reports, no real-time or background information.

Middle East: Seismic Hazard Map—From the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program.

New Zealand: Seismic Hazard Map—From the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program.

New Zealand Earthquakes—Lots of information here from the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, which operates a seismic observatory.

Pakistan: Seismic Hazard Map—From the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program.

Philippines: Institute of Volcanology—Current quakes and tsunamis, historic seismicity maps, and a few research papers share the stage with volcano resources on the agency's home page.

South Asia: Seismic Hazard Map—From Pakistan to Myanmar, a map from the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program.

Turkey: Recent Earthquakes and Seismic Zonation Maps—This page from the Earthquake Research Department presents hazard maps and recent quakes. In Turkish; the English version is intermittent.

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