The Indian plate moves 5 cm closer to Asia each year (about 1 mm - TopicsExpress



          

The Indian plate moves 5 cm closer to Asia each year (about 1 mm each week according to GPS measurements), and Tibet moves 32 mm closer to Asia each year. As a result Nepal is shortened by 18 mm each year. This is equivalent to the loss of two soccer fields a year along its 600 km-long northern border. The number of great earthquakes known in the past several centuries appears inadequate to accomodate the 16-18 mm/year of Himalayan convergence observed geodetically. it may be concluded that several M>8 earthquakes may be overdue......What can we do to prepare for an earthquake?
Posted on: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 09:26:14 +0000

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