While working for my blogs i certainly realized my work table shaking and in no time i understand that there is earthquake in delhi at 11:27 PM. The TV channels confirmed the same , that there are couple of Shock in Delhi , NOIDA , Gaziabad and to some Nearby places.
As per the TV channels the Earthquake was 6.6 on reactor scale. There is no damage being reported as of now , but undoubtedly this was a very sharp earthquake
New Delhi: Delhi is among thirty important cities in the country that fall into high risk seismic zone while Srinagar is among places at very high risk of earthquakes, the government on Wednesday said.
Minister of State for Home Affairs Mullappally Ramachandran said this in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.
While Delhi, Amritsar and Chandigarh fall under zone IV (high risk), Srinagar comes under zone V (very high risk), he said.
As per seismic map of India prepared by Bureau of Indian Standards 58.6 per cent areas of the country fall into earthquake zone V (very high risk), IV (high risk) and III (moderate risk),” the Minister said.
Towns like Almora, Ambala, Bahraich, Barauni, Bhuj, Bulandshahar, Darbhanga, Darjeeling, Dehradun, Gangtok, Guwahati, Gorakhpur, Imphal, Jorhat, Kohima, Ludhiyana, Mandi, Monghyr, Moradabad, Nainital, Patna, Pilibhit, Roorkee, Sadiya, Shimla and Tezpur fall under seismic zone IV and V.
“Government has also sent advisories to state governments and Union Territory Administrations from time to time to take up various disaster mitigation and preparedness measures by way of adoption of modern building bye-laws to ensure seismic resistant construction,” the Minister said.
