SRINAGAR: Jammu Kashmir has been entirely placed in the newly created highest-risk Zone VI under India’s updated seismic ...

India has released a major new seismic zonation map that changes how the country understands earthquake danger. The map is part of the updated 2025 Earthquake Design Code, and it places the entire ...

This marks one of the most significant shifts in seismic hazard assessment in decades, revealing that 61% of the country now ...

The overhaul marks one of the most consequential updates to India’s hazard assessment in decades, showing that 61% of the nation is now classified in moderate to high seismic zones ...

Vineet Gahalaut, director of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology and former head of the National Centre for Seismology, said the update finally brings long-needed consistency to the Himalayan ...

Long before this month's deadly flash flood in a remote Indian Himalayan valley, Kundan Singh Rana knew that all the construction work in the fragile region would one day mean disaster. "The rivers, ...

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India has released a new earthquake map. The entire Himalayan region is now in the highest risk zone. Over 60% of India faces moderate to high earthquake hazards. New building codes will ensure ...