Comments on: Asia May Be Due for More Earthquakes

By: Geology News » Blog Archive » Islamabad sits on ‘Five Major Fault Lines’

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 18:44:16 +0000

[...] Admitedly, this article is rather week on details. However, it’s interesting in light of the major earthquake that struck the region recently and the fairly low standards of contruction present in some areas as well. See also: Asia May Be Due For More Earthquakes as well as a Wikipedia article on the Kashmir earthquake. [...]

By: Nadia Kanwal

Nadia Kanwal — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:51:41 +0000

I live in Rawalpindi( twin city of Islamabad,Pakistan)… As we have gone through the most horrible disastrous day in our lives 8th Oct,,,it has shaked our houses a lot….
now the confusion is that some geological teams says that energy is required in Tectonic plates for another major earthquake but according to ur research it is possible….We are living in shadow of death…..

By: Julien Marchand

Julien Marchand — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 01:46:33 +0000

It comes to me as no surprise… They’re sitting near one of the most active faults and it’s been a while since they’ve had a major quake in that region. Hey! I could have published that in Science, if only I had 25 years of teaching under my belt… :P