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

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

Srinagar,: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck the Kargil region of Ladakh in the early hours of Friday, officials said. According ...

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A magnitude 5.2 earthquake jolted the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir early Friday, said officials. The Indian National ...

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

Leh and Ladakh are situated in Seismic Zone-IV of the country, indicating a significant risk of vulnerability to earthquakes.

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

Two earthquakes hit India early on March 14—one of magnitude 5.2 in Kargil, Ladakh, and another of magnitude 4.0 in West ...