New data from India show impounded water in reservoirs increases earthquake risk
There is now hard evidence that impounding of water by even small dams of 1 sq km with just 10 metre variation in water level can cause deformation in the…
Category: Earthquake
An earthquake and a lie changed my life forever: Dr. Pankaj Chaturvedi
In a Facebook post, Dr. Pankaj Charurvedi, a cancer specialist at the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, recalls how his determination to reach Latur soon after the devastating earthquake 25 years…
Why the 7.8 magnitude Nepal quake was less devastating
Despite the April 25, 2015 Nepal earthquake being 7.8 magnitude, shallow focus, most of the vulnerable, regular, four-storey buildings escaped damage while many taller structures were severely affected. The death…
Why the May 12 Nepal quake is called an aftershock
The May 12, 2015 earthquake of 7.3 magnitude that struck 68 km west of Namche Bazar, close to Mount Everest is an aftershock of the April 25 Nepal quake of…
Himalayas: next major quake may be west of the recent one
“In future, if any earthquake were to happen along the Himalayas, it may happen further west of the focus of the main April 25 quake,” said Dr. R.K. Chadha, Chief…
L’Aquila’s bizarre verdict reversed
Justice has finally been done. A few days ago, an appeals court in L’Aquila, Italy, acquitted six Italian scientists who were convicted of manslaughter and awarded a six-year jail term…
Editorial: Scientists crucified
Published in The Hindu on October 30, 2012 If predicting with a high degree of confidence when and where an earthquake will strike and how devastating it will be —…
Editorial: After sayonara, second thoughts
Published in The Hindu on September 25, 2012 Now that the dust has settled, the Japanese government’s failure formally to approve a cabinet panel proposal to phase out nuclear energy…
