- 130 earthquakes recorded in the Himalaya-Hindukush area within a month.
- Seismic activity more in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal.
- Earthquake tremors were felt as far as Delhi-NCR.
The Himalayas have been shaking continuously for the past month. Analyzing records from the National Center for Seismology in the Himalayan belt and the associated Hindu Kush region, nearly 130 earthquakes occur in a month. of earthquakes Events have happened. The Indian Himalayas are at the forefront of earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more on the Richter scale. 63 such incidents have been recorded here. 26 earthquakes have occurred in Afghanistan and 10 in Nepal. Western Himalayas appear to be the most active in this regard. A total of 36 seismic events were reported in Ladakh, Jammu Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. Ladakh is in the forefront and on August 13th, an earthquake of 5.5 Richter scale occurred here at a depth of 10 km. Another 4.3 magnitude earthquake struck on the same day. On August 26, an earthquake of magnitude 4.0 occurred near Shimla and 4.4 in Ladakh.
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Major tremors in Hindu Kush-Pamir region
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More earthquakes have been recorded. While in the western central Himalayas from Ladakh to Himachal there were small and moderate earthquakes 3 to 15 km deep. Earthquakes have also been reported in the eastern Himalayas in Sikkim, Arunachal and areas adjacent to Tibet.
7 earthquakes in Uttarakhand
Seismic occurrences have decreased in Uttarakhand in the central and eastern Himalayas. Bageshwar, Chamoli, Tehri, Uttarkashi and Pithoragarh recorded 7 earthquakes of magnitude two or more. 10 such incidents have been reported in Nepal. The biggest shock was on August 19. Its intensity was 4.0 Richter. Its epicenter was 149 km west north west of Kathmandu.
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Tremors felt till Delhi
The first impact of a powerful earthquake in the Himalayas is felt in the mountainous regions of Uttarakhand, Jammu Kashmir, Ladakh and Himachal. After that, strong tremors are felt up to Dehradun, Rishikesh, Haridwar, Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Rudraprayag. Aftershocks can be seen in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut and Muzaffarnagar along with Delhi NCR.
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