>Hi all > >The earthquake of Sichuan is only 7.8 richter and already 22000 are dead.
*** Was the Sichuan 'quake felt in Assam? Any report? > >Guwahati has partly become a concret jungle and most of the construction >doesn't have the minimums to withstand the kind of earthquake that recurs in >our region. > > > >1897: > >The great Assam earthquake of 1897 (8.7 richter) is the largest known Indian >intraplate earthquake. It raised the northern edge of the Shillong Plateau >by more than >10 m, resulting in the destruction of structures over much of the Plateau >and >surrounding areas, and causing widespread liquefaction and flooding in the >Brahmaputra and Sylhet floodplains. > >1950: >This "Independence Day" earthquake was the 6th largest >earthquake of the 20th century. Though it hit in a mountainous region >along India's international border with China, 1500 people were killed >and the drainage of the region was greatly affected. The resultant floods >were the cause of most of the fatalities aftermath of this earthquake. The >initial shock was followed by thousands of aftershocks, some of which >were big earthquakes enough to be reckoned. >It had a magnitude of 8.7 and struck a relatively sparsely populated >region along the Indo-China border. This earthquake is often referred to >as the "Assam Earthqake of 1950". >The earthquake occurred at 19:39 pm on August 15, 1950. It was felt >throughout north-eastern India and in many parts of eastern India. It was >also felt throughout Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar. Damage >occurred in the entire region as far as Kolkata. It was felt across a wide >area of the subcontinent, over an area totalling 4.5 million square miles. > >-- >Manoj Kumar Das >C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave >New Delhi 17 India >0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654 > > > >-- >Manoj Kumar Das >C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave >New Delhi 17 India >0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654 >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >[email protected] >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
