SEVERAL top notch international experts
are studying the seismological and
other aspects of the recent earthquake
in Jabalpur. The experts are particularly
examining the field data that have
been collected by different agencies
such as the Indian Meteorological
Department and the Hyderabad-based
NationarGeophysical Research Institute
following the tremor.
Experts were aware that there was
a geological fault in the region, which
had largely remained dormant. There
was a series of minor tremors in the
nearby Khandwa region in November
and December 1993. But major quakes
like the one with the magnitude of
six on the Richter scale that hit Jabalpur
and its neighbourhood on May 22,
was considered rather rare. The last
such tremor in the area occurred
70 years ago.
The experts' survey would reveal
whether it was an isolated event or
part of a chain of tremors within the
country and its neighbourhood including the devastating quake that shook
Iran on May 10.
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