Humanities - Geography

An international team of scientists has just demonstrated that major Himalayan earthquakes occur randomly over the long term, with no predictable pattern. Published in Science Advances, the study is based on the analysis of sediment cores taken from the bottom of Nepalese lakes, reconstructing 6,000 years of seismic activity. For the 50 million inhabitants of the Himalayan arc and, more broadly, for all the world's seismic regions, the results call for a rethink of risk management.