Dinesh C. Sharma New Delhi, November 24, 2011 | UPDATED 14:36 IST
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The scientists said that it would be wrong to exclude the possibility of a large quake in Jaitapur because available seismic data is insufficient. Jaitapur , they said, lies in the same 'compressional stress regime' that has generated two large quake in the region in the past fifty years at Latur (magnitude 6.3) and Koyna (magnitude 6.4), both of which are located at approximately same latitude as Jaitapur.
"A similar sized earthquake could possibly occur directly beneath the power plant. The probability of this earthquake occurring is low but it is nevertheless possible", the scientists said in their paper in scientific journal Current Science, published by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.
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