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August 07, 2015

Risk of west Nepal quake still high: researchers
Paris (AFP) Aug 6, 2015
Large quakes in Nepal this year only partially relieved stress on a major Himalayan fault line, and chances for a big tremor are as high as before, researchers said Thursday. Jean-Philippe Avouac of the University of Cambridge, who co-authored studies published simultaneously in the journals Nature Geoscience and Science, said there was enough "strain available to drive a large earthquake in western Nepal". "This was the case before the Gorkha earthquake and it hasn't changed significantly with ... read more

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