As per the Bureau of Indian Standards, the seismic hazard zonation map of the country is grouped into four seismic zones: II, ...

India's earthquake risk is categorized into different seismic zones. Zone II ... due to active seismic faults nearby. 5) Mumbai, Maharashtra (Zone III): Though at moderate risk, Mumbai faces ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 jolted Ladakh’s Kargil on early Friday, according to the National Center for Seismology, with ...

IV, which means it is very highly susceptible to the occurrence of earthquakes. Lying in the tectonically-active Himalayan ...

The quake’s depth was just 5 ... of India’s landmass is vulnerable to earthquakes of varying intensities. The country is divided into four seismic zones based on earthquake risk: Zone V ...

Leh and Ladakh both fall in the Seismic Zone IV, which means they are at a very high risk in terms of vulnerability to ...

59% of India is earthquake-prone, with 11% in Zone V (highest risk), 18% in Zone IV, and 30% in Zone III. A 4.0 quake hit Delhi (Feb 17, 2025) and a 5.1 quake struck the Bay of Bengal (Feb 25 ...

According to seismic data, the epicentre of the earthquake was located 286km east of Puri, 297km east-southeast of Bhubaneswar, 340km south of Calcutta and 394km east of Berhampur ...

This highlighted Delhi's earthquake risks due to multiple fault lines and its dense population close to the high-risk Himalayan seismic zone ... zones caused by the collision of two plates-Indian ...

A magnitude 4 earthquake struck Delhi at 5:36 ... India has been divided into several zones which indicate the frequency of earthquakes in a particular region. Delhi is located in Zone IV which ...

Ladakh's Kargil was struck by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake ... According to the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), regions in India are classified into four seismic zones—Zone V, Zone IV, Zone ...

And experts said while earthquakes cannot be predicted, a greater threat for the national capital lies in the potential of Himalayan earthquakes. “The Himalayan region is zone 5 and Delhi is ...