{"id":6586,"date":"2016-03-11T12:22:48","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T06:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=6586"},"modified":"2016-03-11T12:22:48","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T06:52:48","slug":"three-earthquakes-in-five-days-in-delhi-ncr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/?p=6586","title":{"rendered":"Three Earthquakes in Five Days: Are These Small Tremors in Delhi-NCR an Indication of a Big One?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<span class=\"dropcap\">T<\/span>remors were felt in the national capital and areas surrounding it for a third time in just five days on Wednesday.\n\nAlthough measuring just 3.2 on the Richter scale, which isn\u2019t strong enough to cause any serious damage, the frequency with which earthquakes are being recorded in the National Capital Region has set some alarm bells ringing.\u00a0Especially when considering the country is already facing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/coronavirus\/lockdown-can-only-delay-the-pandemic-not-curb-it-says-icmr-even-the-govt-knows-this\/\">pandemic<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/earth\/worst-locust-attack-in-3-decades-is-haunting-north-india-it-really-seems-like-the-end-of-the-world\/\">swarm of locusts<\/a>, and recently saw off a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/earth\/cyclone-nisarga-is-mumbais-first-in-over-a-century\/\">cyclone<\/a> on either coast.\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">These frequent EARTHQUAKES   &#038; CYCLONES   happening again &#038; again not a good sign something big is on its way let&#8217;s not hope so <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Earthquakes?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Earthquakes<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cyclones?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cyclones<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nature?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Nature<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 STAY HOME STAY SAFE   (@NITIN81IN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NITIN81IN\/status\/1268242928155201537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\nLast week, an earthquake that recorded 4.5 on the Richter scale jolted parts of Delhi and Haryana. Tremors were felt a few days later, and a few days prior to that event. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/noida\/earthquake-of-magnitude-3-2-hits-19km-south-east-of-noida\/story-LA4ys95SMwDpP82lKoylFM.html\">Reports say<\/a> that as many as seven low-intensity earthquakes have been recorded in the last month.\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">These frequent EARTHQUAKES   &#038; CYCLONES   happening again &#038; again not a good sign something big is on its way let&#8217;s not hope so <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Earthquakes?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Earthquakes<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cyclones?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cyclones<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nature?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Nature<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 STAY HOME STAY SAFE   (@NITIN81IN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NITIN81IN\/status\/1268242928155201537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\nWhile these tremors have been mostly harmless, could they also be a sign that something larger is on its way? According to recent studies in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2019-08-19\/earthquakes-foreshocks-seismology-new-study\">Los Angeles<\/a> \u2014 which lies in another region that sees frequent earthquakes\u00a0\u2014 there could be some evidence to suggest it does.\n\nThe report says that scientists had recently confirmed that most medium-intensity earthquakes follow a number of small \u201cprecursor events\u201d. These foreshocks, it says, can start from three to 35 days ahead of the mainshock.\n\n\u201cThis has added weight to the idea that earthquake sequences can grow, not unlike a spreading disease epidemic,\u201d the report explains.\n\nBut that doesn\u2019t mean every small shock will, in fact, lead to something bigger. In an article <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2014\/04\/earthquakes-foreshocks-aftershocks-and-predicting-the-big-one.html\">in Slate<\/a>, a geophysicist also based in California, points out that the chance of a bigger earthquake following up on a smaller one is small (around 5%). This figure drops even lower over time.\n\nBack in 2015, after one of the most devastating earthquakes the world has seen, struck Nepal and parts of India, China and Bangladesh, killing nearly 10,000 people, a number of scientists had indicated that it was a sign that something even larger was on its way.\n\nOne scientist quoted in Live Science, in fact, said that the disaster, which started over 4,000 landslides and brought Mount Everest closer to sea-level, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/53129-bigger-earthquakes-forecast-for-nepal.html\">surprisingly gentle<\/a>, when compared to past earthquakes in the region. This raised suspicions that the 2015 earthquake may have just been \u2014 and may still be \u2014 a precursor event.\n\nSo basically the short answer seems to be that pretty much all tremors and earthquakes lead to fears that a much larger one is on the way, but a very small percentage of these predictions turn out to be true. At this point, let\u2019s hope 2020 doesn\u2019t have the energy left anymore.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, an earthquake that recorded 4.5 on the Richter scale jolted parts of Delhi and Haryana. Tremors were felt a few days later, and a few days prior to that event. 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