“The Union home ministry's disaster management
experts have warned of a bigger catastrophe, earthquakes with a magnitude of
8.2 or greater on the Richter scale which may hit the already ruptured
Himalayan region” http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Big-earthquake-coming-warn-MHA-experts/articleshow/50460633.cms
In an
answer to a question ‘Can you predict earthquakes?’, USGS (the U.S. Geological Survey, which is a science bureau within the United States Department of the
Interior)
has explained as follows: “No. Neither the USGS nor any other scientists have
ever predicted a major earthquake. They do not know how, and they do not expect
to know how any time in the foreseeable future. However based on scientific
data, probabilities can be calculated for potential future earthquakes. For
example, scientists estimate that over the next 30 years the probability of a
major EQ occurring in the San Francisco Bay area is 67% and 60% in Southern
California. The USGS focuses their efforts on the long-term mitigation of
earthquake hazards by helping to improve the safety of structures, rather than
by trying to accomplish short-term predictions.” (http://www.usgs.gov/faq/categories/9830/3278)
While this prediction by the MHA may
not be taken to create panic, it is best to be alert and ready and take this as
a warning to immediately test our preparedness to handle such an eventuality.
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