These 14 Indian Cities Face The Highest Danger From Earthquakes

Update: 2019-12-19 09:55 GMT
A recent study states that more than a dozen cities in India are facing a high risk of experiencing major casualties in earthquakes. The study was carried out in 50 cities that have seismically active zones across the country.

According to the report, almost 5o% of the country is vulnerable to earthquakes. The report also adds that more than 90% of casualties in old earthquakes in our country occurred due to the collapse of the buildings which were not designed in a way to withstand the shocks.
"This scenario is alarming and needs immediate attention," the report notes.

The report has classified the Indian cities into zones and almost 58.6% of the country comes under Zones III, IV, and V, which indicates that they are earthquake-prone from moderate to very high-intensity levels.

Cities like Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Ahamadabad, Darjeeling, Chhattisgarh, Ratnagiri, Ajwal, Srinagar, Shimla, Panipat, Pitorgarh, Uttarkshi, Moradabad, Bhagalpur and Gangtak has more level of earthquaukes.
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