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| Last Updated:: 13/08/2024

Earthquake 2,500 years ago abruptly changed Ganga River’s course

 

 

 

 

 

 

One piece of the puzzle remains: where did the earthquake originate?


The researchers speculated in their paper that it was either born in the Indo-Burma mountain ranges or in the hills of Shillong, both places where the Indian and the Eurasian tectonic plates meet.


Either way ‘its impact was immense’, they added


 

 

 

 

Source: The Hindu Chennai, 07/08/2024, pg. Science II.