State-of-the-art technology for earthquake prediction
After the devastating earthquake of 1869, Barak Valley was hit by another tremor of serious dimension in 1984. The studies then carried out by experts from the Regional Research Laboratory (RRL), Jorhat, and the National Geographical Research Institute, Hyderabad, revealed that this valley and the entire North-east region is active seismologically. Interestingly, the Trans-Atlantic belt and the Circum-Pacific belt that form part of the two great earthquake zones or seismic belts in the world unite at the corner of Asom and Myanmar, which is the most unstable seismic region.