According to the information received, the Himalayan regions are most prone to earthquakes. Earthquakes would have happened either in half or in parts. The higher the intensity of the Richter scale, the higher it can be seen. So far major earthquake tremors have been felt in Shillong, Kangra, Bihar-Nepal border, Arunachal-China border and Nepal.
What is an earthquake?
Due to the liquid material present in the earth’s crust, the depressions in the ground are called earthquakes. India is said to be most prone to earthquakes in the entire 2400 km area. Here the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has divided the country into 5 different earthquake zones. In this, the fifth zone is considered to be the most dangerous. Or which states come in the zone, Pahuyat….
Which parts of the country are prone to earthquakes?
Or according to the division, 11 percent of the land area of the entire country falls in the fifth zone. 18 percent in the fourth zone and 30 percent in the third and second zone. The states located in the fifth and fourth zones are most prone to earthquakes.
Earthquake Zone 1 : There is no danger to the cities falling in the first zone of earthquake.
Earthquake Zone 2 : Seismic zone 2 includes the states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu.
Earthquake Zone 3 : In this zone Lakshadweep group, Kerala, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, some parts of Haryana, Gujarat, some parts of Punjab, West Bengal, West Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, some parts of Bihar, northern part of Jharkhand and some parts of Chhattisgarh come. Maharashtra, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are divided into desired parts or zones.
earthquake zone 4 : Himachal, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, some parts of Uttarakhand are folded into the fourth zone. It also falls in Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, Sikkim, northern part of Uttar Pradesh, small part of Bihar and West Bengal, Gujarat, some parts of Maharashtra near West Coast and small part of western Rajasthan.
most dangerous zone 5 : Or the zone includes some parts of Jammu and Kashmir i.e. Kashmir Valley, western part of Himachal, eastern part of Uttarakhand, Kutch of Gujarat, part of North Bihar, all the northeastern states of India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands or states.