Indian study warns of 8.5-magnitude earthquake in Himalayas; noted US geophysicist Roger Bilham supports findings

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The new study, led by seismologist CP Rajendran says the "enormous stacking up of strain in the region portends at least one earthquake of magnitude 8.5 or more in one of the overlapping segments of the central Himalayas anytime in the future".

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