The region, which falls under Seismic Zone V, the highest earthquake risk zone in India, witnessed a 4.6 & 4.7 scale quake ...

Two successive quakes jolted Andaman Sea on Monday. The latest earthquake measuring 4.7 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted ...

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A great deal of information is already known about earthquake risk in India. As per the current seismic zone map of the country, over 59 per cent of India’s land area is under threat of moderate to ...

World Trending India News The Indian classification ranks seismic zones from II to V. Seismic zone II is the least risky, whereas zones IV and V are the worst. The death toll from last week's 7.7 ...

Experts said Delhi, categorised in seismic zone IV — the second highest risk category -- needs to be on alert due to the many faults and weak zones and the proximity to the Himalayas.

The national capital is placed in Seismic Zone IV in the seismic zoning map of India, the second highest in the country. As per the Delhi Disaster Management Authority, Delhi is placed in Seismic Zone ...

According to the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) seismic zoning map, Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) fall in Zone IV, which is considered a high seismic risk zone.