Question

Earthquake occur frequently in the states of jammu kashmir and himachal pradesh why ?7

Answer 1

Answer:

Earthquake. Kashmir lies in the area of collision of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates. The geological activity born out of this collision, also responsible for the birth of the Himalayan mountain range, is the cause of unstable seismicity in the region.

Answer 2

Answer:

Due to the folded mountain

Explanation:

India was the part of continent of Antartica in the ancient times which later on joined to the Eurasian plates because of natural calamities like Earthquakes and volcanoes. Due to this there was the collision and folded mountains been formed as the result which is available in the states of Jammu Kashmir and Northern states like Himachal Pradesh. As the result these area witness frequent Earth quakes.