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This paper reports data pertaining to 90 local earthquakes recorded during 1984–86 using seismographs in arrays of 5–7 stations deployed near the Main Central Thrust between Bhagirathi and Alakhananda valleys. The results which are also compared with 162 earthquakes recorded in 1979–80 provide a local view that refines and complements information recorded at distant seismic stations.
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Khattri, K.N., Chander, R., Gaur, V.K. et al. New seismological results on the tectonics of the Garhwal Himalaya. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Earth Planet Sci.) 98, 91–109 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02880378
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