Present study aims at understanding the seismotectonic province of the Shillong Plateau (SP) by identifying the potential seismic source zones within a radius of 500km from the centre of the SP. From existing literature and earthquake (EQ) data the seismotectonic region is found to vary in terms of seismicity, tectonic features, geology, thickness of […]
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Olympa, Baro, Abhishek Kumar (2015), A review on the tectonic setting and the seismic activity of the Shillong plateau in the light of past studies, Disaster Advances, Vol. 8 (7), 34-45.
The Shillong Plateau originated due to the movement in the faults surrounding it; however which fault caused the uplift of the plateau is debatable. Several earthquakes have occurred in the plateau due to these surrounding faults. One such earthquake is the Assam earthquake of 1897 (Mw=8.1). Also, there are evidences that similar earthquakes had occurred […]
Read MorePropagation path characterization and determination of in-situ slips along different active faults in the Shillong plateau
North-East seismicity of India is a combined effect of Indian-Eurasian Plate boundary in the north and the Burmese arc in the east. The region has been considered among the top six most seismically active regions of the world. As per the report by United Nations published under International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (INDNDR) for […]
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