Another Huge Earthquake to Shake Nepal Again Soon? Warnings, News & Details Here!

Will there be no end to the tremors in the landlocked country?

According to experts, the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that shook Nepal back in April may be followed by yet another strong temblor soon as the previous one had "released only a fraction of the energy still trapped in the underlying fault," Live Science reported.

"The Main Himalayan Thrust is a fault that has produced large earthquakes every century or so," explained Jean-Philippe Avouac, a University of Cambridge seismologist who led a research effort involving the Himalayan region. "Nepal lost two kings to these quakes, one in 1255, another in 1344. The last large earthquake to hit Nepal, a magnitude-8.2 earthquake in 1934, destroyed Kathmandu, as did a magnitude-7.6 earthquake in 183."

In the last five centuries, the land underneath the Himalayas has been host to building seismic tension as India gradually moves upwards into the continent.

"In recent decades, a segment of the narrowing fault line between the Indian and Eurasian Plates became locked by friction, intensifying the buildup of energy that culminated in the April 25 earthquake," Time noted.

The resulting quake, which could have been significantly stronger, had dispersed energy eastward, thus only shifting the shorter expanse of the eastern area of the fault. But as the longer western part of the fault still is locked, there's a possibility that this portion may figure in yet another major quake.

"The stress-strained portion, which runs for nearly 500 miles roughly from Kathmandu to the northwest of New Delhi, has not seen a major seismic event since 1505, when an earthquake believed to have measured 8.5 on the Richter Scale - significantly larger than April's event - shook the region," the news source noted.

"This is a place that needs attention, and if we had an earthquake today, it would be a disaster because of the density of population not just in western Nepal but also in northern India, in the Gangetic plain," Professor Avouac told the BBC.

"We don't want to scare people, but it is important they are aware that they are living in a place where there is a lot of energy available," he added. "A lot of families are building their own houses in Nepal. With minimum care, it is possible to build small buildings that can withstand large earthquakes."

The researchers said that it is not possible to accurately predict when the said disaster may happen. However, Open University's Prof David Rothery said that modern techniques in monitoring quakes "have now advanced to the stage where we can work out how a previously 'locked' fault has 'unzipped' during the couple of minutes that it takes a major earthquake to happen."

He also noted that teaching school children in affected areas on how to behave during earthquakes via drills can save lives.

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