Recent tremors in the national capital region do not signal a big event, although a strong earthquake cannot be ruled out, according to Dehradun-based Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), an institute under Union Science and Technology Ministry. If a big earthquake takes place in a region, all smaller events that occurred in the immediate past at that region are categorized as the foreshocks. Therefore, scientifically all these tremors in the Delhi-NCR can be demarcated as the foreshocks only after a big earthquake takes place immediately," it stated. "Though it cannot be predicted, a stronger earthquake posing a threat to people and properties cannot be ruled out. "The only solution to minimise the loss of lives and properties is the effective preparedness against the earthquake," it said

Source: dna June 19, 2020 09:00 UTC