Tibet is a seismically active zone. It logged more than 100 earthquakes of magnitude of at least 3.0 last year. But quakes of magnitude 7.0 and above are rare, with just nine since the turn of the ...

Tibet is a seismically active zone. It logged more than 100 earthquakes of magnitude of at least 3.0 last year. But quakes of magnitude 7.0 and above are rare, with just nine since the turn of the ...

was a reminder of the risks from a hydropower building spree by China and India in one of the world's most remote, quake-prone regions. Earthquakes have damaged dams in the past, particularly by ...

Recently, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake on January 7, 2025, near the Nepal-Tibet border was felt in North India. India’s geographical position at tectonic plate boundaries makes it prone to ...

A lurch in the Earth’s tectonic plates can wreak havoc at any time – as we’ve just seen in Vanuatu. How do scientists measure ...

Since late September 2024, the Awash Fentale Mountain area--an earthquake-prone zone--has experienced a series ... East African Rift System, one of the world's most geologically active features.

To this end, we call on world governments to provide support ... Tibet’s southeastern region is earthquake-prone because it sits on the geological fault line where the Indian Plate and the ...

in an earthquake-prone zone of the Himalayas ... s 1951 annexation of the then-autonomous Tibet”, and China, “the world’s most dammed country”, has increasingly shifted its focus from ...

The Nepal-Bihar strech is situated on the precarious Himalayan seismic zone, making it a highly earthquake-prone zone ... youngest mountain ranges in the world, the Himalayas have risen up ...

(Relevance: Earthquakes are significant geophysical phenomena as they are included in the UPSC CSE syllabus. They encompass various topics such as disaster management and geography, including plate ...

BEIJING (Reuters) – Tibet was struck with a magnitude 6.8 earthquake on Tuesday, one of the most powerful tremors in recent years, that hit the northern foothills of the Himalayas, killing at least 95 ...

Nepal Earthquake News: According to Nepal government’s post-disaster needs assessment (PDNA) report, the Himalayan state is the 11th most earthquake-prone country in the world. Earthquake ...