‘Stay alert’: Expert flags 'actively energy releasing sector' in Nepal as massive earthquake hits Delhi-NCR, says report

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Nepal earthquake news: The strong magnitude earthquake of 6.4 hit Nepal on Friday night leaving 132 people dead and several injured, with officials saying that the death toll is expected to rise. The impact of the quake was felt in Delhi-NCR and several other neighbouring states including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar. Earlier on 15 October, both Delhi and NCR had felt strong tremors, after similar jolts were felt on 3 October.

Amid this, a seismologist has warned that people should remain ‘vigilant’ ‘alert’ and ‘ready’, since the central belt of Nepal has been classified as an ‘actively energy releasing sector’, a report by India Today has stated. The epicentre of Friday's earthquake, according to seismologist Ajay Paul, formerly of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, was in the Doti district in Nepal, as reported by the daily. Further adding, he told India Today that the area was also affected by the series of earthquakes that hit Nepal on October 3 which is located in Nepal's central belt but little to the West.

A number of scientists had earlier, according to India Today report, predicted that "a great earthquake" will hit "anytime" in the Himalayan region as Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates are colliding as it is moves north. The earth’s crust is broken into distinct regions called tectonic plates. The Himalayas was formed with the Indian plate constantly pushing against the Eurasian plate for over millions of years.