{"id":2814,"date":"2020-11-19T14:47:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T09:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classiciasacademy.com\/blog\/?p=2814"},"modified":"2020-11-19T15:06:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T09:36:35","slug":"major-earthquake-in-dharchula-area-imminent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classiciasacademy.com\/blog\/major-earthquake-in-dharchula-area-imminent\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Earthquake in Dharchula Area Imminent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In\nNews<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientists\nwarn of a major earthquake in Dharchula region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In-Detail<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Scientists warn of a major earthquake in\nthe Dharchula region in Uttarakhand and adjoining areas of Kumaon Himalaya.<\/li><li>The Scientists are from Wadia Institute\nof Himalayan Geology.<\/li><li>They have recorded large concentrations\nof micro and moderate magnitude earthquakes at Dharchula which signals that a\nmajor earthquake is imminent in the region.<\/li><li>The Dharchua region is about 45km from the\nnew Kailash Mansarovar road in Uttarakand to Lipu Lekh on the China border.<\/li><li>Scientists say that the concentrations\nare due to the stress release building in the region and the near future, there\nmay be an earthquake of high magnitude.<\/li><li>This region is known as Centre Seismic\nGap (CSG) region as this region has not experienced an earthquake of magnitude\nmore than 8.0 in the past 100 years.<\/li><li>In 1905, the Kangra earthquake and\nBihar-Nepal earthquake in 1905 had experienced major earthquakes.<\/li><li>The CSG is used to denote an area with\nsmall tectonic activity.<\/li><li>In past a considerable number of moderate\nand strong earthquakes in the CGS region of the Kumaon Central Himalayan belt.<\/li><li>Scientists built a seismological network\nof 15 broadband stations along the valley of river Kali.<\/li><li>This is to study the subsurface\nconfiguration and frequently causes of earthquakes in the Kumaon Himalayan\nregion.<\/li><li>The study was supported by the Ministry\nof Earth Scientists.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dharchula Region<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The Dharchula region is between two\nknee-like structures which can trap the stress in the region.<\/li><li>This is the main region why there have\nbeen crowded earthquakes in a span of years.<\/li><li>The stress keeps up building in this\nregion and fewer smaller earthquakes have occurred in this region.<\/li><li>As the stress id building continuously,\nscientists believe that there is a possibility of high magnitude earthquake of\n8 on the Richter scale may occur.&nbsp; <\/li><li>Scientists say that it is impossible to\npredict the scale and exact time when an earthquake will occur.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScientists started investigating\nand mapping the region because of the crowded earthquake. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>In News Scientists warn of a major earthquake in Dharchula region. 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