The Plate that shook at Chengdu is different from the massive one under
Assam.No shake at all.MM> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 16:11:19 -0500> To:
[email protected]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Assam] eartquake in
assam- a stark reality> > >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> >> >> >> >-->
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