PARIS: Large quakes in Nepal this year only partially relieved stress on a major Himalayan fault line, and chances for a big tremor are as high as before, researchers said Thursday.
Jean-Philippe Avouac of the University of Cambridge, who co-authored studies published simultaneously in the journals Nature Geoscience and Science, said there was enough “strain available to drive a large earthquake in western Nepal”.
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