Study reveals threat of another earthquake in J&K
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19/12/2006
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Kashmir Times (Jammu)
A recent study conducted by the prestigious, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), has predicted that Jammu and Kashmir is likely to be rocked by another earthquake, this time close to 7 on the Richter scale.
Former director of the institute Dr V Thakur has asked the state government to take elaborate measures to inform people how to minimize loss of life and property in the natural calamities like earth quakes.