In the last decade a number of large earthquakes have devastated the Asian continental region, including the 1998 MW 6.6 Afghanistan-Tajikistan, 1999 MW 7.6 Chi-Chi, 2001 MW 7.6 Gujarat, 2002 MW 6.1 Hindukush, 2004 MW 9.0 Sumatra-Andaman, 2005 MW 7.6 Kashmir, 2006 MW 6.3 Yogyakarta, and 2008 MW 7.9 Sichuan. Of these, the 1998 Afghanistan-Tajikistan, the 2002 Hindukush, and the 2005 Kashmir nucleated in the northwest region of Indian and Eurasian plate convergence. The earliest accounts of devastating earthquakes in this seismically vulnerable terrain can be traced back to the 8th century...
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