Dr Joshi’s comprehensive study, Active Tectonics of Garhwal-Kumaon Himalaya, was conducted under the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences. He analysed earthquake data from 1991 to 2018.

BSIP scientists are looking for 520-million-year-old marine fossils in Uttarakhand’s Tethys Himalayas to uncover secrets of ...

In a spectacular breakthrough that bridges centuries of geological research, a 20-million-year-old fossilised palm leaf has been discovered near the historic Kasauli Club by celebrated geologist ...

Bhutan has experienced numerous earthquakes in the past, including a 2009 earthquake in Mongar with a magnitude of 6.1.

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday said low-intensity tremors helped prevent major earthquakes as he attempted to allay panic caused by the recent seismic activity that continued for the ...

About 340 million years ago, the Appalachian Mountains were as tall as the Himalayas and spanned across what is today three continents.

In Search of Transcendence at Sundaram Tagore New York is an exhibition that dances in the spirit of the sublime though the ...

The Forgotten Capital of Duggar First mention of Babor anciently as Babbapura is found in Kalhana’s Rajatarangini, wherein ...

However, it has also highlighted a long-standing geological vulnerability which raises the question; Why is Pakistan hit by earthquakes so often? The answer is the country's geogr ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world's most devastating earthquakes and ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and ...

One major way to bridge the gaps between time scales is to look at the shape of the fracture between the two tectonic plates. In the Himalaya, this fault spans some 1,400 miles, and it has several ...