{"id":87322,"date":"2020-07-29T17:28:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T11:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=16604"},"modified":"2020-07-29T17:28:41","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T11:58:41","slug":"indias-easternmost-part-generating-moderate-quakes-at-two-different-depths-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-easternmost-part-generating-moderate-quakes-at-two-different-depths-study\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s easternmost part generating moderate quakes at two different depths: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology(WIHG) has conducted a study pertaining to the Arunachal Himalaya which has revealed that the area is generating moderate earthquakes at two different crustal depths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important Terms Related to the Study:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Tuting-Tidding Suture Zone(TTSZ): <\/strong>It<strong> <\/strong>is a major part of the Eastern Himalaya where the Himalaya takes a sharp southward bend and connects with the Indo-Burma Range.<ul><li>This part has gained importance due to growing need of constructing roads and hydropower projects emphasising the need for understanding the pattern of seismicity in this region.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Mohorovicic or Moho Discontinuity: <\/strong>It is the boundary between the crust and the mantle.In geology, the word discontinuity is used for a surface at which seismic waves change velocity.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/wWhk9eumVNEl_TzJqAbheKqwIAi9PAHjSrVSuCvXaSZt2Rmr03IHCAr3l4WQ7ELIWnnxVNyltejfvS9IPUuo70KZk0BjzAlWEXxYY-jjmm0NcDSyzGcT3PfGTYTecRH4QwwIa8lq\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology(WIHG) has conducted a study pertaining to the Arunachal Himalaya which has revealed that the area is generating moderate earthquakes at two different crustal depths. Facts: Important Terms Related to the Study: Tuting-Tidding Suture Zone(TTSZ): It is a major part of the Eastern Himalaya where the Himalaya takes a sharp&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-easternmost-part-generating-moderate-quakes-at-two-different-depths-study\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India\u2019s easternmost part generating moderate quakes at two different depths: Study<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9326,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[5068,5069,5070],"class_list":["post-87322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-arunachal-himalaya","tag-earthqakes","tag-tuting-tidding-suture-zonettsz","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700710891},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87322\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}