Shillong Plateau

The Shillong Plateau is a plateau in the eastern Meghalaya state of India. The plateau's western, northern, and southern ridges form the Garo, Khasi and Jaintia Hills, respectively.^[1]

The plateau shows numerous fracture lineaments in satellite images and has been subjected to extensive and compressive forces in the N-S and E-W direction respectively. Several deep earthquakes point to tectonic activity in the mantle, such as from the 1897 Assam earthquake along the blind Oldham Fault.

The Dauki fault is a major fault along the southern boundary of the Shillong Plateau that may be a source of destructive seismic hazards for the adjoining areas, including northeastern Bangladesh.^[2] The fault, inferred to go through the southern margin of the Shillong Plateau, is an east–west-trending reverse fault inclined towards the north.^[3]

Linguistically, it is the homeland to Khasic languages.

See also

• Karbi-Meghalaya plateau.
• 1897 Assam earthquake
• Dauki fault