Earthquake of Higher Intensity May Hit the NE in Future: Experts

People look at the rubble as the after effects of the quake in Manipur (Photo courtesy: Manipur Times’ Facebook Page)

The Home Ministry’s disaster management experts have warned that earthquakes with a magnitude of 8.2 or greater on the Richter scale may hit the already ruptured Himalayan region. Earthquakes with higher intensity than the one that devastated Manipur may rock the region in future.

A series of earthquakes have caused a tectonic shift in the region and have ruptured plates that were cracked as a result of previous tremblors. This may trigger multiple earthquakes which can hit 8.0 on the Richter scale.

<p>Speaking to TOI, NIDM director Santosh Kumar said the interconnected plates across Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and India pose a bigger danger, and predicted a disaster of bigger magnitude that awaits hill states and parts of Bihar, UP and even Delhi which fall under the second worst seismic Zone IV classification. The North-East and other hill states fall under severe seismic Zone V.</p>

<b>Report in <i><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Big-quake-coming-warn-MHA-experts/articleshow/50460633.cms">The Times of India</a></i></b>