Take measures to deal with earthquake in J&k: Guv to CM

May 26, 2016 22:53

From Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir governor, N N Vohra Thursday urged the state chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti to initiate time bound measures to deal with an earthquake of a magnitude of 8 or above on the Richter Scale.

The governors prodding comes in the wake of a report from US experts last week warning that the state of Jammu and Kashmir is likely to be hit by a massive earthquake of magnitude of 8 or above.

The report carried by a local newspaper said that the Oregon State University has stated that their 'scientists have found that the Reasi fault near Jammu has been building up pressure for some time, suggesting that when it does release or "slip", the resulting earthquake may be large '" as much as magnitude 8.0 or greater'.

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