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| Assam Govt sounds earthquake alert | | |
Guwahati, Sept 07: The Assam Government on Thursday sounded an alert instructing all district headquarters to be prepared to deal with any eventuality in case of an earthquake in the state tomorrow as "predicted" by a noted geologist.
Official sources told mediapersons that deputy commissioners have been directed to take measures under the disaster management risk programme in case of any eventuality and to put personnel involved in these measures on alert for the next few days.
The Centre has been informed about the "prediction" made by noted geologist Prof N Venkatanathan of the Department of Applied Geology of the University of Madras that there was 70 per cent chance of an earthquake of magnitude 7 to 8 on the Richter scale to hit the state tomorrow.
The government also appealed to the people not to panic but to be calm in case of an earthquake and assured that all essential services, rescue teams as also the state electricity board were prepared to deal with any situation.
According to reports, quoting Venkatanathan and posted on various websites last night, the epicentre of the earthquake is predicted to be about 15 km southwest of Dibrugarh in Upper Assam and is slated to occur at around 8.21 am.
Venkatanathan, who is a board member of the Britain-based International Society for Earthquake Predictions, has been making predictions using geo-astrophysical calculations that he developed as part of his PhD thesis.
Some seismologists have, however, debunked his theory. |
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