8.2 Magnitude Earthquake 'Might' Hit Himalayas, North India At Risk

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After the high intensity disastrous quakes that hit Manipur, the Union home ministry's disaster management wing have warned that much intense quakes might hit Himalayas soon.According to a Times of India report, expert say quakes with higher intensity than the one that struck Manipur on Monday are likely to rock the region in future. The tectonic shift a series of these recent earthquakes have caused in the region — Manipur 6.7 (Jan 2016), Nepal 7.3 (May 2015) and Sikkim 6.9 (2011) — have re-ruptured the plates that had already developed cracks during previous temblors. This has led to conditions which might trigger multiple earthquakes which may go up to 8.0 in magnitude. Over the past 200 years there have been at least seven major earthquakes in the Himalayan belt – Nepal in 1803, 1833 and 1934; Shillong in 1897; Kangra in Himachal Pradesh in 1905; Assam in 1950; and Kashmir in 2005. In addition, earth scientists have been able to learn about historical earthquakes by using old or paleo-seismological evidences.  Advertisement