naa a22 4500 510756034 CHVBK 20180411083122.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12594-013-0117-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12594-013-0117-4 Largest earthquake in Himalaya: An appraisal [Elektronische Daten] [H. Srivastava, B. Bansal, Mithila Verma] The largest earthquake (Mw 8.4 to 8.6) in Himalaya reported so far occurred in Assam syntaxial bend in 1950. However, some recent studies have suggested for earthquake of magnitude Mw 9 or more in the Himalayan region. In this paper, we present a detailed analysis of seismological data extending back to 1200 AD, and show that earthquake in Himalayan region may not be expected to be as large as those of subduction zones. Also, there appears to be a lateral variation in the earthquake magnitude, being lesser in the western syntaxial bend when compared close to the eastern syntaxial bend. This is attributed to the difference in the plate boundary scenario; dominance of strike-slip and thrusting along the western syntaxis as against thrusting and remnant subduction along the eastern syntaxis. Geological Society of India, 2013 Earthquake nationallicence Magnitude nationallicence Subduction zone nationallicence Himalaya nationallicence Srivastava H. 128, Pocket A, Sarita Vihar, 110 076, New Delhi, India aut Bansal B. Geoscience Div., Ministry of Earth Sciences, 110 003, New Delhi, India aut Verma Mithila Centre for Seismology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, 110 003, New Delhi, India aut Journal of the Geological Society of India Springer India 82/1(2013-07-01), 15-22 0016-7622 82:1<15 2013 82 12594 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-013-0117-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-013-0117-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Srivastava H. 128, Pocket A, Sarita Vihar, 110 076, New Delhi, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bansal B. Geoscience Div., Ministry of Earth Sciences, 110 003, New Delhi, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Verma Mithila Centre for Seismology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, 110 003, New Delhi, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of the Geological Society of India Springer India 82/1(2013-07-01), 15-22 0016-7622 82:1<15 2013 82 12594 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer