Question

Why is there landslides and earthquakes on the Himalayan region.

Answer 1

• The primary cause of large earthquakes and landslides in this region is the collision of the Indian plate with the Eurasian plate.

• It is this ongoing collision that caused the Himalayas to build in the first place.

• The sedimentary rock at the bottom of the former Tethys sea floor is now the rock firming MT Everest and the rest of the Himalaya mountains.

• It has taken 100 million years to make the transition from seafloor sediment to towering mountains - and they are still growing.