Continued collision and seduction of Indian plate cause these tremors.
Continued collision and seduction of Indian plate cause these tremors.
New Delhi:
The Indian sub-continent is amongst the -"most-" earthquake prone areas in the world and continued collision and seduction of Indian plate cause these tremors, the government on Wednesday said.
In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, Union Minister of State for Ministry of Earth Sciences Y S Chowdary said,-"The Indian sub-continent is amongst the most earthquake prone areas in the world. Earthquakes occur along the Alpine-Himalayan belt which also runs through the Andaman-Sumatra arc, Indo-Burmese arc and Himalayan arc.-"
-"The continued collision and seduction of Indian plate cause these earthquakes. A few earthquakes also occur within the peninsular shield region of India, which are grouped under intra-plate category and occur due to internal; deformation of the plate,-" Chowdary said.
