The effect of the Indio-Australian plate taking a dive under the Himalayas is to relieve tension along the African rift, such that this tears, promptly, but in shuddering steps with halting adjustments pauses between shudders.

• 印澳板块被压入喜马拉雅山脉之下这一结果减轻了沿东非大裂谷的水平方向的挤压力，所以它们就迅速地撕裂了，并且是在一步步地震动、调整暂停、震动之间完成这一过程的。