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The India Plate is currently moving northeast at 4 cm/yr, while the Eurasian Plate is<br />

moving north at only 2 cm/yr . This is causing the Eurasian Plate to deform, and the<br />

India Plate to compress at a rate <strong>of</strong> 4 mm/yr. The Indian plate boundary runs from<br />

north to north-east India and down to Andman-Nicobar and Indonesia in Indian<br />

Ocean. The ocean bottom earthquake occurred on 26 Dec 2004 magnitude 9.3 Off<br />

West Coast Of Sumatra has genreated unprecetended Tsunami causing large<br />

damage in India and Sri-lanka.<br />

MAIN CENTRAL THRUST (MCT) AND MAIN BOUNDARY<br />

THRUST (MBT)<br />

The<br />

northern<br />

plate<br />

boundaries<br />

shown in<br />

figure below<br />

are Main<br />

Central<br />

Thrust<br />

(MCT) and<br />

Main<br />

Figure App 4.2: MBT and MCT<br />

Boundary<br />

Thrust (MBT). Some <strong>of</strong> the major inter-plate land earthquakes have occurred along<br />

with MCT and MBT viz. Shillong plateau (magnitude 8.7), Himachal Pradesh<br />

(magnitude 8.0), Bihar-Nepal border (magnitude 8.3), Arunachal Pradesh- China<br />

border (magnitude 8.5) etc, make northern and northeast India most susceptible<br />

zone for earthquake hazard.<br />

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