Earthquakes in Uttarakhand, India - ASC.
In the past few years, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh have had a number of severe earthquakes. These include the devastating Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) earthquake of 6.6 magnitude in October 1991, Latur- Osmanabad (Maharashtra) quake in September 1993, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) in May 1997 and Chamoli (Uttarakhand) in March 1999 all of a magnitude of over 6.Tremors in Uttarakhand raise fears of powerful earthquake The region, which lies on the boundary of the Indian tectonic plate and is prone to heavy seismic activity, experienced at least three.The Biggest Earthquakes in Uttarakhand, India. Uttarakhand, India has had: (M1.5 or greater) 0 earthquakes in the past 24 hours 0 earthquakes in the past 7 days.
DEVASTATING FLASH FLOODS IN UTTARAKHAND AND HIMACHAL PRADESH The Himalayan states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand were hit by torrential rain and cloudbursts in certain locations on 14th through to 17th June 2013, recording the highest rainfall in 20 years in a three-day.The devastating floods of Uttarakhand which ravaged the region by killing thousands and leaving hundreds of other stranded has more man-made factors and less natural cause behind it. The flood hit Uttarakhand has just not evolved from the havoc of rain but the uncontrolled development and poor disaster planning has aggravated flood damage.
Some of the most devastating earthquakes in India in the past include the Kashmir earthquake in 2005, the Kutch earthquakes 1819 and 2001, the Shillong earthquake of 1897, the Kangra earthquake of 1905, the Bihar-Nepal earthquake of 1934, the North-East and Assam earthquake of 1950, the Anjar earthquake in Gujarat of1956, etc.
