Delhi Earthquake Is Just The Beginning, Scientists Warned Indians Of A Quake Stronger Than The One In Nepal In 2015

Delhi earthquake was recorded on April 12, at 5:45 PM. According to the National Centre for Seismology, at its epicenter close to Delhi Jal Board, this earthquake has a magnitude of 3.4 on the Richter scale. Its depth is 6.5 km.

According to the US Geological Survey, the Delhi earthquake’s magnitude is 3.7 and the epicenter is less than 100 km from Delhi, in Sardhana, Uttar Pradesh.

Fortunately, the temblor was mild and caused no damage regarding human lives and property.

NASA Didn't Predict The Delhi Earthquake On Sunday

After the temblor hit the city, a piece of fake Delhi earthquake news caught on like wildfire on the Internet. It claims that NASA had predicted this very incident.

The message has become so widespread that the government’s fact-checking arm has to go public to deny the information. The truth came out a few hours before the earthquake hit Delhi.

However, the effort of the government did not reach as many people as the fake news did, which warned Indians of a temblor with a magnitude of 9.1.

According to scientists, our current technology has not been able to predict the exact time, place, and magnitude of earthquakes long enough before the event actually takes place.

The US Geological Survey confirmed that no major earthquake had ever been predicted before. So the rumor about NASA being able to tell when the Delhi earthquake happens is false.

For now, the best scientists can do is to predict the probability of a major temblor in an area in certain numbers of years.

Stronger Delhi Earthquake Predicted

Unfortunately, the latest Delhi earthquake 2020 is not the last we experience.

The whole Himalayan seismic zone is prone to strong temblors. The Indian tectonic plate is on its way into the Eurasian plates with a speed of 44 mm/year. This kind of movement creates stress and when stress builds up, earthquakes are triggered to release it.

This phenomenon has put several parts of northeastern, north, and east India at risk of strong temblors. The areas with the highest risks are classified as Zone-V. The region consists of entire parts of Jammu and Kashmir, northeastern India, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, parts of North Bihar, and Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.

Delhi NCR earthquake zone is under Zone-IV, the High Damage Risk Zone.

A seismological analysis of the region concludes that the subduction zones have accumulated so much energy that small and moderate earthquakes we are experiencing right now, including the latest Delhi earthquake, could not dissipate it all. The only way for that amount of tension to be released is via a strong temblor.

An earthquake with a magnitude higher than 8 has been predicted for the Himalayan seismic zone as a result of this analysis.

This is not something Indians can overlook, as in 2015, the magnitude 7.8 temblor in Nepal claimed the lives of 8,800 people.

Scientists have urged the authorities and people to strictly adhere to building codes as temblors do not kill, buildings do.

Delhi earthquake is a rare event as the city is not usually the epicenter of temblors. However, if a quake hits the Himalayan range or central Asia, the city can still feel the tremor.

In 2004, a magnitude 2.8 earthquake hit Delhi and in 2001, a magnitude 3.4 temblor was reported.

On the 10^th of October, 1956, Uttar Pradesh experienced a magnitude 6.7 quake. On the 15^th of August, 1966, a temblor of magnitude 5.8 was reported in Mordabad.

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