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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Himalayas have been placed under the ‘highest-risk danger zone’ by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) as it unveiled a ...

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

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

In the newly revised seismic map of India, the entire Himalayan region has been placed in highest risk zone. The Himalayan ...

In a sweeping overhaul of India’s earthquake-risk classification, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has released the country’s updated seismic zonation map, placing the entire Himachal Pradesh in ...

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck off the southern coast of Mexico, centered about 50 miles south-southwest of La Esperanza.