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The May 21st , 2014 Bay of Bengal earthquake: implications for intraplate stress regime [1]

The northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, i.e. the Bay of Bengal (BoB) is located near some of the most complicated tectonic zones on the Earth. An earthquake of magnitude ~6.0 occurred on 21 May 2014 near the coast of Odisha. Occasional moderate to large earthquakes in BoB highlight the need to study precise hypocentre locations, and focal mechanisms to understand the cause of intraplate seismicity in BoB.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
10/05/2015
A. K. Rai [3], S. Tripathy [4], S. C. Sahu [5]
Current Science [6]
108
9
1706-1712
Tags:
Earthquakes [7], Bay Of Bengal [8], Natural Disasters [9], Indian Ocean [10], Geology [11], Ganga [12], Brahmaputra [13], Sedimentation [14]
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[2] http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/108/09/1706.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/k-rai
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/s-tripathy
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/s-c-sahu
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/earthquakes
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bay-bengal
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indian-ocean
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/geology
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ganga
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/brahmaputra
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sedimentation