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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Around 9 p.m. on January 26th, 1700, a powerful magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which extends from Vancouver Island in British Columbia to ...

A 3.7 earthquake rattled San Ramon on Monday morning, following several earlier small quakes in the area, according to the ...