Study Reveals New Fault Forming in Indian Ocean May Trigger Quakes in Future

Study Reveals New Fault Forming in Indian Ocean May Trigger Quakes in Future

A team of researchers from Singapore, France and Indonesia in a study found the evidence of the possibility of formation of a new plate boundary on the floor of the Indian Ocean in the Wharton Basin.The study published in the journal Science Advances estimated that the new plate may be forming

because of the largest earthquake that shook the Andaman-Sumatra region in 2012 and it may further lead to more earth quakes in future. According to the researchers, Slip-Strike Quake occurs when two plates slide horizontally against one another. Such quakes can be caused by deformations that occur in plates distant from fault lines as pressure builds up across a plate.