The total number of fatalities in both nations exceeded 28,000, and events like this highlight the potential effects of a natural disaster.
Hyderabad: The disastrous earthquake that slammed Syria and Turkey on February 6 has left homes in ruins, lives disturbed, mass migration, property loss, devastating impacts on the economy, starvation, and even incidents of looting food at gunpoint.
The total number of fatalities in both nations exceeded 28,000, and events like this highlight the potential effects of a natural disaster.
In fact, they said, “The Entire Himalayan Belt is Thought to be Vulnerable to Large Earthquakes with Magnitudes Greater Than 8.0.”
Four such quakes of similar magnitude have struck the region in the past 50 years: 1897 Shillong (M8.7), 1905 Kangra (M8.0), 1934 Bihar-Nepal (M8.3), and 1950 Assam-Tibet (M8.6).
The Himalayan, Kutch, and Andaman and Nicobar regions are most likely to have very strong earthquakes, followed closely by Terai regions like Bahraich, Lakhimpur, Pilibhit, Ghaziabad, Roorkee, and Nainital.
Additionally, Pune and the nation’s capital Delhi are under serious threat.
