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- Title
The 14 February 2006 Sikkim earthquake of magnitude 5.3.
- Authors
Raju, P. Solomon; Rao, N. Purnachandra; Singh, Arun; Kumar, M. Ravi
- Abstract
On 14 February 2006, an earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck to the west of Phodong, a small town in the Himalayan State of Sikkim. The earthquake was followed by a large number of aftershocks that were recorded by a network of digital seismic stations operated by the National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad. The study indicates an east-west trend of the epicentral distribution of earthquakes, which is correlated with the decollement plane of the Main Boundary Thrust dipping northward in Sikkim Himalaya. The Sikkim region is surrounded by several damaging earthquakes of the past, although it has not experienced a magnitude 8.0 earthquake so far. However, it remains to be seen whether the Sikkim region is a potentially less hazardous zone or there is likelihood of occurrence of a great earthquake in the near future.
- Subjects
SIKKIM (India); INDIA; EARTHQUAKES; EARTHQUAKE magnitude; EARTHQUAKE aftershocks; SEISMOLOGY
- Publication
Current Science (00113891), 2007, Vol 93, Issue 6, p848
- ISSN
0011-3891
- Publication type
Article