Dr. Jitendra Singh recalled the significant role Gujarat played in pioneering disaster management efforts post the devastating Gujarat earthquakes.

The landscape of India has been divided into different earthquake zones based on the Modified Mercalli (MM) scale. The low-intensity zone that constitutes around 40.93% of the country falls in ...

The epicentre of almost all the quakes was located near Bhatwari and Badkot areas of the Uttarkashi district. The first three ...

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Experts have cautioned that while small tremors help release some energy, they don’t eliminate the risk of a major quake.

The Himalayan mountain range was formed after the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates collided around 50 million years ago. How does their movement continue to impact the region?

Large swathes of eastern and northern India along and close to the Himalayan mountains fall in what scientists classify as a high seismic risk zone. But scientists say earthquakes are currently ...

Occurring around 12:30 pm, the tremor was felt statewide. No casualties or property damage were reported. Officials confirmed Meghalaya lies in Seismic Zone V, indicating high earthquake risk.

The 4.4 magnitude quake, whose epicentre was traced to Tolijaisi of Nepal's Dailekh district, also caused tremors in the neighbouring districts of Achham, Kalikot and Surkhet, according to the ...