🌍 JUNE QUAKES: WHEN THE HIMALAYAS SHAKE THE SKY ⛰️⚡
Did you know some of the deadliest earthquakes in history struck the Himalayan and Northeast India region in the month of June?
From the Great Assam Earthquake of 1897 to the massive Nepal Mustang quake of 1505 , nature has left chilling reminders written in rock and memory.
🗓 12th June 1897 – Great Assam Quake
🔹 Magnitude 8.2
🔹 Shillong Plateau uplifted by 11 meters
🔹 Entire Assam trembled — thousands of lives lost.
🗓 6th June 1505 – Nepal (Lo Mustang) Quake
🔹 Possibly 8.8 magnitude
🔹 Wiped out nearly 30% of Nepal’s population
🔹 Monasteries crumbled, and entire towns vanished into dust.
🗓 28th June 2015 – Assam shakes again
🔹 5.5 magnitude
🔹 Felt across Nepal, Bengal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh
🔹 Reminder that the slumbering plates still shift…
💥 The Earth remembers. And sometimes… it reminds.
These ancient mountains aren’t just beautiful — they’re alive, restless, and still rewriting the map.
