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October 12, 2005

S Asia's deadly Himalayan fault
Experts have long been warning of the danger of serious earthquakes in South Asia - and say more are likely. Many have struck along the southern flanks of the Himalayas over past centuries - but not enough to account for all the steady, northward movement of India into Asia. The earthquake in Pakistan is the result of India's long-term, gradual, geological movement north into Asia at a speed of five centimetres a year - a millimetre per week. # posted by masquerader @ 11:27 ::

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