IIT-Bombay study warns of major earthquake risk on locked Uttarakhand Himalayan fault

ThePrint reports that an IIT-Bombay-led study, published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, found the Main Himalayan Thrust strongly locked beneath Uttarakhand. The fault is associated with the ongoing collision between the Indian and Eurasian plates; the report describes pressure building under the Himalayas and a major earthquake risk in the region.