In the last four to five hours, Pakistan and Tibet hit a number of earthquakes and added this week to the growing list of countries that experienced natural disasters this week. In addition to Pakistan and Tibet, Myanmar was hit by an earthquake of 7.2 Magnitude on Friday, March 28, which required more than 2,700 people. These recent disasters in neighboring countries were worried about the risk of earthquakes in India.
An earthquake in India
According to India’s report today, there is a high possibility of a large earthquake to hit India, which will have a greater impact than Myanmar, especially for strongly populated cities, such as Delhi or Guwahati, which today quote experts.
The cause of the earthquake
The report warns of the devastating “Great Himalayan earthquake” with size above 8. The Indian album is subject to Sunda and the Burmese plate in northeast India, which can lead to strong earthquakes and tsunami. In addition, central and peninsula India can witness rare and fatal intrapy earthquakes. However, India remains largely unprepared for the expected earthquake.
States with high risk
Almost 59 percent of India is endangered by an earthquake. States such as Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar and the Northeast States face the highest risk, while cities like Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata lie in dangerous seismic zones. Concerns are also formed because buildings do not have proper protection of earthquakes. This increases the possibility that buildings fall as an earthquake and kill more people than the natural disaster itself.
The cost of an earthquake
In the last twenty years, India has lost nearly $ 79.5 billion to the climate -related disasters. The Bhuj earthquake in Gujarat cost nearly $ 10 billion in Gujarat, while the 2015 earthquake, which affected North India, also caused damage to $ 7 billion, the report said.
An earthquake in the Himalayan region
The Himalayan region is susceptible to strong earthquakes. Over the past 50 years, the region has been hit by four devastating earthquakes with more than 8.0, including the 1987 shilllong earthquake (8.7), Kangra earthquake (8.0), 1934 earthquake (8.3) and 1950 earthquake (8.6).
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