[Assam] eartquake in assam- a stark reality

[Chan Mahanta]

>Hi all
>
>The earthquake of Sichuan is only 7.8 richter and already 22000 are dead.



*** Was the Sichuan 'quake felt in Assam? Any report?












>
>Guwahati has partly become a concret jungle and most of the construction
>doesn't have the minimums to withstand the kind of earthquake that recurs in
>our region.
>
>
>
>1897:
>
>The great Assam earthquake of 1897 (8.7 richter) is the largest known Indian
>intraplate earthquake. It raised the northern edge of the Shillong Plateau
>by more than
>10 m, resulting in the destruction of structures over much of the Plateau
>and
>surrounding areas, and causing widespread liquefaction and flooding in the
>Brahmaputra and Sylhet floodplains.
>
>1950:
>This "Independence Day" earthquake was the 6th largest
>earthquake of the 20th century. Though it hit in a mountainous region
>along India's international border with China, 1500 people were killed
>and the drainage of the region was greatly affected. The resultant floods
>were the cause of most of the fatalities aftermath of this earthquake. The
>initial shock was followed by thousands of aftershocks, some of which
>were big earthquakes enough to be reckoned.
>It had a magnitude of 8.7 and struck a relatively sparsely populated
>region along the Indo-China border. This earthquake is often referred to
>as the "Assam Earthqake of 1950".
>The earthquake occurred at 19:39 pm on August 15, 1950. It was felt
>throughout north-eastern India and in many parts of eastern India. It was
>also felt throughout Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar. Damage
>occurred in the entire region as far as Kolkata. It was felt across a wide
>area of the subcontinent, over an area totalling 4.5 million square miles.
>
>--
>Manoj Kumar Das
>C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave
>New Delhi 17 India
>0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654
>
>
>
>--
>Manoj Kumar Das
>C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave
>New Delhi 17 India
>0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654
>_______________________________________________
>assam mailing list
>assam at assamnet.org
>http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org