The coastal region of Indian Territory near the Bay of Bengal may face another Tsunami in future. An Australian scientist has claimed that the millions of people living in the coastal parts around the northern Bay of Bengal may become victim of another tsunami as devastating as the one in 2004 in coming days.

Phil Cummins, a senior seismologist at Geoscience Australia, said that another large earthquake might rock central Sumatra, just as it had happened in east Sumatra in 2004 that had triggered the Indian Ocean tsunami in which hundreds of people were killed and thousands were displaced from their homes in the region.

Phil Cummins has found some convincing evidences of possible risk of a potential tsunami in the northern Bay of Bengal. The coasts of Burma and Bangladesh may be the dangerous zones.

According to him, more than 60 million people are currently living within 10 metres of sea level at the northern part of the Bay of Bengal. Chittagong, Dhaka and Kolkata are some populated towns and the people living in these cities could face the danger of another devastating Tsunami.

The ‘Nature today’ has published his findings that he calculated by studying geological data combined with precise measurements of movements in the Earth’s surface.

According to the study, the boundaries between tectonic plates near the Burmese coast are much more active than what the previous studies had showed. There are great possibilities of ‘locked-thrust fault’ in the plates that actually generate Tsunamis.

At the same time, the Australian scientist said that a 20-kilometre thick layer of sediment called as the ‘Bengal Fan’ has covered the plates.

It may take more than 200 years before the next major earthquake strikes in this region nut he warned that some smaller events might happen in coming days and the people in this region should seriously take the risk of a major tsunami.

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