ITANAGAR: Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh experienced an earthquake on Friday with a magnitude of 3.7, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS). According to NCS, the earthquake occurred 10 km beneath the earth's surface. At 4:24 AM, there was an earthquake.
"Earthquake of Magnitude:3.7, Occurred on 09-12-2022, 04:24:19 IST, Lat: 27.09 & Long: 92.13, Depth: 10 Km ,Location: 59km SSE of Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh". , the tweet read by NCS.
Arunachal Pradesh's Changlang region had previously experienced an earthquake of magnitude 3.3 on December 5.
Why do earthquakes happen so regularly in India?
Earthquakes, which cause the crust to quake, are directly caused by the movements of the tectonic plates. When two pieces of the Earth's surface move and collide with one another, an earthquake is caused.
India's northern and northeastern regions are subject to frequent earthquakes as a result of their location on the boundary (fault zones) between two enormous tectonic plates. As the Indian plate moved closer to the Nepalese plate, the Himalayas were created. The collision of the two tectonic plates has made both countries more vulnerable to earthquakes.
On December 8, a 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Java, the largest island in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at 7:50 a.m. local time (00:50 GMT) about 15 kilometers from Cianjur, the epicenter of the devastating tremor in November. Sukabumi, the city closest to the epicenter, and Cianjur both had no initial reports of damage.
A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Cianjur last month, resulting in landslides, building collapses, at least 334 fatalities, thousands of injuries, and tens of thousands of displaced people.
Since a 2018 earthquake and the ensuing tsunami killed more than 4,000 people on the island of Sulawesi, the earthquake that struck Cinajur on November 21 was the deadliest to ever occur in the nation of islands.
Due to its location on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," where tectonic plates collide, Indonesia frequently experiences earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
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