The overhaul marks one of the most consequential updates to India’s hazard assessment in decades, showing that 61% of the ...

India has released a new earthquake map. The entire Himalayan region is now in the highest risk zone. Over 60% of India faces ...

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DEHRADUN: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has issued a new seismic map, placing the entire state of Uttarakhand, ...

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) grouped the country into five categories based on expected levels of damage: Very high ...

India has introduced a revised seismic zonation map under the updated Earthquake Design Code from the Bureau of Indian Standards. Notably, the entire Himalayan arc is now classified in the newly ...

The update significantly alters the country’s understanding of earthquake hazards, showing that 61 per cent of India is now classified as having moderate to high seismic risk, an assessment that will ...

Almost all of India’s Himalayan arc has now been placed in the newly created Zone VI, the highest seismic-hazard category.

Himalayas have been placed under the ‘highest-risk danger zone’ by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) as it unveiled a ...

Under this revised classification, almost the entire Himalayan and sub-Himalayan region, including the Darjeeling hills, the ...

In the newly revised seismic map of India, the entire Himalayan region has been placed in highest risk zone. The Himalayan ...