Major earthquake predicted in Asom

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Guwahati, Sep 1 (UNI) Sudden drop of atmospheric temperature and occurrence of smaller earthquakes has convinced seismologists to alert the Asom government of a major earthquake in the near future.

Asom government, after getting an urgent alert communication from world famous seismologist Dr Arun Bapat, has not taken any chance and has asked all the district magistrates to be on an alert for any eventuality.

The government has also approached the Geological Survey of India (GSI), said senior officials of the revenue department.

The chain of events started with a communique from Dr Bapat, who is an expert in the matter. He informed that there was sudden change of atmospheric temperature in an area in North Lakhimpur district.

The communique arrived a fortnight back to Asom government saying in the area the temperature was below normal by 3-4 degree and the occurrence was sudden.

The Lakhimpur area is in a highly seismic active zone and Dr Bapat cited that similar abrupt fall in atmospheric temperature was noticed in Pakistan's Rawalpindi last year before a major earthquake rocked the city and its suburbs.

This information prompted the state government to press the panic button. All the districts magistrates have been alerted for a possible earthquake of large intensity.

Meanwhile, Geological Survey of India wrote back that such development of temperature variation might be there, but there was need for further observation before jumping into any conclusion, said the official source said.

Two small intensity earthquakes had occurred in the past 24-hours in the North Eastern region.

Asom has witnessed two major earthquakes in 1897 and 1950 and both were registered above the intensity of 8 in the Ritcher Scale.

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