Paper I · 8 Disaster Management · 8.1 Natural hazards and disaster management

8.1.2 Earthquake and tsunami risk zones of India

Nearly 60 per cent of India's land is moderately to highly earthquake-prone, with the highest risk in the Himalaya, the North-East, Kachchh and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and tsunamis threaten the coasts from the Andaman-Sumatra and Makran subduction zones.

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  • earthquake
  • seismic zones
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  • Zone V
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  • Bhuj
  • Kashmir 2005
  • tsunami 2004
  • INCOIS
  • Himalayan arc
  • Andaman subduction

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