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Manipur quake not linked to Nepal: Experts
Assam Tribune | Kolkata, Jan. 4:
The earthquake that devastated Manipur on Monday and rocked other Northeastern States, as well as neighbouring Myanmar, Bhutan and Bangladesh, is not connected to last year’s April 25 Nepal earthquake, experts have asserted, saying the impetus should be on adhering to building codes for earthquake-resilient structures.
The April 25 killer quake in the Himalayan nation, measuring 7.9 on the Richter Scale, had claimed over 8,000 lives. However, seismologists and geologists have quashed rumours of the Manipur earthquake being an after-effect of the Nepal temblor.
The temblor occurred as the result of a strike-slip faulting (vertical or nearly vertical fractures where the blocks have mostly moved horizontally) in the boundary region between India and the Eurasian plate in southeast Asia, according to the USGS. Allaying fears, BK Rastogi, former director general of Gandhinagar-based Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) said this earthquake is “not an indicator precursor to a larger earthquake” in the near future.
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