The tremor occurred at 7:39:46 am (Hanoi time), with the epicentre located at latitude 14.924°N and longitude 108.236°E, at a depth of approximately 8.1 kilometres. The natural disaster risk level was classified as 0 – the lowest on the scale.
A 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck Kon Plong district in Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on December 8, causing no damage or casualties, according to the Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning Centre at the Institute of Geophysics (IGP).
A 3.7 magnitude earthquake hit Kon Plong district in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on October 23 evening, according to the Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning Centre under the Institute of Geophysics.
A 3.7 magnitude earthquake occurred in Kon Plong district, the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on September 10, with no casualties or property damage reported, according to the Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning Centre under the Institute of Geophysics. No casualties or property damage were reported.
Another earthquake of 3.8 magnitude hit in Kon Plong district, the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum, on August 3, according to the Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning under the Institute of Geophysics.
A 5.0-magnitude earthquake occurred in Kon Plong district, the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on July 28, the strongest one ever recorded in this area, according to the Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning under the Institute of Geophysics.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 occurred in Hanoi’s outlying district of My Duc on March 25 morning, said the Institute of Geophysics (IGP) under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.
Five earthquakes were recorded in Kon Plong district in the Central Highland province of Kon Tum on February 7 morning, according to the Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning under the Institute of Geophysics.
The People's Committee of the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum has asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to provide technical support in developing a dossier seeking UNESCO recognition for its Kon Tum plateau as a World Biosphere Reserve.
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum and the Department of Agriculture and Forestry of Laos’s Attapeu province on October 17 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in preventing violations in the forestry sector for 2024-2025.
Four consecutive earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 3.5 to 4.2 hit Kon Plong district, the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum, on the morning of July 7.
The Forest Protection Sub-department in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum has said that since 2018, its units have received 326 wild animals, of which nearly 300 individuals have been released to nature and handed over to national parks, and the rests are being cared for by these units.
Three consecutive earthquakes hit Kon Plong district in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on August 23 afternoon, according to the Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning Centre (EITWC) of the Institute of Geophysics under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has signed a decision to give in-principle approval for a project worth 14 million USD to moderlise irrigation in response to climate change in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.
Leaders of the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum and Attapeu province of Laos have reached consensus on their coordination and organising rescue drills during floods and landslides in the shared border areas.
The Chu Mom Ray National Park spans Sa Thay and Ngoc Hoi districts in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum, adjacent to the border with Cambodia and in the T-junction of Indochina.
The newly-spotted groups of rare animals include the grey-shanked douc langur, northern yellow-cheeked gibbon, Owston's palm civet, Asian black bear, pygmy slow loris, otter, wildcat and many others.
A workshop on the conservation of the grey shanked douc langur in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum took place at Mang Den ecotourism site in the province’s KonPlong district on March 25.
The number of gaurs living in Ya Book valley has been declining over the last 20 years as the grasslands where they used to roam have slowly been replaced by forests.
As many as 27 wild animals were released into their natural habitat on January 11 by the Wildlife Rescue and Protection Centre at the Chu Mom Ray National Park in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.
