What were the causes of Latur earthquake?

What were the causes of Latur earthquake?

Negi said the Latur quake was caused by friction between two sides of the Kurudwadi rift — a fault that runs hundreds of km from north of Pune to south-east of Sholapur.

In which year did Latur Maharashtra face an earthquake?

1993
Latur earthquake 1993: September 30, a ‘black day’ for quake survivors in Maharashtra’s Killari village | The Financial Express.

Is there any earthquake in Maharashtra today?

There were no significant confirmed earthquakes in or near Maharashtra in the past 24 hours.

Is there earthquake in Mumbai today?

There were no significant confirmed earthquakes in or near Mumbai in the past 24 hours.

What are the causes and effects of earthquake?

Earthquakes are caused by sudden tectonic movements in the Earth’s crust. The main cause is that when tectonic plates, one rides over the other, causing orogeny collide (mountain building), earthquakes. The largest fault surfaces on Earth are formed due to boundaries between moving plates.

What type of rock is Latur earthquake?

The Latur earthquake occurred on the eastern margin of the Deccan Trap formation and a bore hole drilled in the region revealed the thickness of the basalt sequence to be 338 m underlain by Peninsular gneiss basement with an intervening 8-m-thick infra-trappean sequence (Gupta and Dwivedy, 1996).

How many people died in the earthquake in Latur?

The earthquake primarily affected the districts of Latur and Osmanabad, including the Ausa block of Latur and Omerga of Osmanabad. Fifty-two villages were demolished in the intraplate earthquake. It measured 6.2 on the moment magnitude scale, and approximately 10,000 people died, whilst another 30,000 were injured.

Where was the epicentre of the 1993 Latur earthquake?

The 1993 Latur Earthquake, as this earthquake is called, affected the Maharashtra districts of Latur and Osmanabad including the Ausa block in Latur and Omerga in Osmanabad. The earthquake’s epicentre was in Killari, Latur District.

What caused the earthquake that caused the Tenerife earthquake?

Pressure released along the fault lines may have caused the earthquake. Pressure might have been released because of the subcontinent crumpling as it pushes against Asia. Another suggestion was that a reservoir construction along the River Terna might have increased the pressure along the fault lines.