Ukuzamazama komhlaba okunamandla angu-6.3 kwazamazama Nepal neChina lapho kwenzeka eNtshonalanga Xizang ngo-20: 07: 19 UTC ekujuleni okungu-10.0 km. Ukuzamazama komhlaba kwenzeke endaweni engahlalwa muntu eyaziwa ngokuthi yi Ithafa laseTibet ngendawo eseduze nesikhungo sokuzamazama komhlaba okuyi-450.3 km kude eSaga, eTibet, eChina.
Ukuzamazama komhlaba eHimalaya kubangelwa kakhulu ukungqubuzana kwezwekazi kwamapuleti e-India nase-Eurasia, aguquka ngesilinganiso esilinganiselwe sama-40-50 mm / yr. Ukudilizwa enyakatho kweNdiya ngaphansi kwe-Eurasia kudala ukuzamazama komhlaba okuningi futhi ngenxa yalokho kwenza le ndawo ibe esinye sezifunda ezinobungozi kakhulu eMhlabeni. Ukuvezwa kobuso bomngcele wepuleti kumakwe amagquma asenyakatho naseningizimu ahamba phambili eSulaiman Range entshonalanga, i-Indo-Burmese Arc empumalanga nasempumalanga-ntshonalanga e-Himalaya Front enyakatho ye-India.
Umngcele wepuleti we-India-Eurasia ngumngcele osakazekayo, othi esifundeni esiseduze nenyakatho yeNdiya, ungaphakathi kwemingcele ye-Indus-Tsangpo (ebizwa nangokuthi i-Yarlung-Zangbo) Suture enyakatho ne-Main Frontal Thrust eningizimu . I-Indus-Tsangpo Suture Zone itholakala cishe ku-200 km enyakatho ye-Himalaya Front futhi ichazwa ngeketanga le-ophiolite eliveziwe eceleni komugqa waseningizimu. IHimalaya Front emincane (<200km) ifaka phakathi izinto ezihamba phambili zasempumalanga nentshonalanga, izakhiwo ezifanayo. Lesi sifunda sinezinga eliphakeme kakhulu lokuzamazama komhlaba nokuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu kunakho konke esifundeni saseHimalaya, okubangelwe kakhulu ukunyakaza kwamaphutha. Izibonelo zokuzamazama komhlaba okuphawulekayo, kule ndawo enabantu abaningi, okudalwe ukunyakaza kwe-reverse slip kufaka phakathi i-1934 M8.1 Bihar, i-1905 M7.5 Kangra kanye nokuzamazama komhlaba kuka-M2005 Kashmir ngo-7.6. Lezi ezimbili zokugcina ziholele ekufeni okuphezulu kakhulu kwabantu abazamazama komhlaba e-Himalaya okubonakale kuze kube manje, ndawonye kubulala abantu abangaphezu kwe-100,000 futhi kwasala izigidi zingenamakhaya. Ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu kakhulu okurekhodwe nge-Himalaya kwenzeka ngomhlaka 15 Agasti 1950 e-Assam, empumalanga yeNdiya. Lokhu kuzamazama komhlaba okungu-M8.6-lateral-slip, ukuzamazama komhlaba kuzwakale kakhulu endaweni ebanzi enkabeni ye-Asia, kwadala umonakalo omkhulu emadolobhaneni asesifundeni se-epicentral.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The surface expression of the plate boundary is marked by the foothills of the north-south trending Sulaiman Range in the west, the Indo-Burmese Arc in the east and the east-west trending Himalaya Front in the north of India.
- The India-Eurasia plate boundary is a diffuse boundary, which in the region near the north of India, lies within the limits of the Indus-Tsangpo (also called the Yarlung-Zangbo) Suture to the north and the Main Frontal Thrust to the south.
- Seismicity in the Himalaya dominantly results from the continental collision of the India and Eurasia plates, which are converging at a relative rate of 40-50 mm/yr.
