Earthquakes of the Indian Subcontinent: Seismotectonic Perspectives

This may not be the first time a book is published on earthquakes of the Indian subcontinent. Why another book on this topic? There is none that incorporates a comprehensive current understanding of the earthquakes that occurred in and around India. This book is intended to fill that gap. The earthquake scene within and around India is ever-changing, as data are being added and new insights are gained from recent earthquakes. During the last two decades some notable earthquakes have occurred here in the interplate and intraplate tectonic settings, and each of them makes good case studies. Any book on the Indian earthquakes like the present one will have to do justice to the accumulation of a newer database. Our primary goal for this book is to highlight the fresh insights into the significant earthquakes that occurred during historical and modern times. The other equally important aim is to present a highly accessible and concise discussion of these earthquakes so that the book can be used as supplementary teaching material for courses in seismology. This book is also written for a wider readership consisting of geoscientists, engineers, and policymakers or even non-academics who are keen to know more about the Indian
earthquakes.