Can devastation like Turkey come to India too? The biggest danger in these states, the expert expressed apprehension

According to the government, about 59 percent of India’s land area is vulnerable to earthquakes of varying intensity. On the basis of scientific information, the whole country has been divided into seismic zones. Zone 5 is the most dangerous in this. According to scientists, an earthquake of magnitude 9 on the Richter scale can occur in this area. 

New Delhi. The earthquake in Turkey-Syria shook the whole world. Till now the figures of death of more than 7900 people have been revealed. At the same time, the number of injured is being told about 50 thousand. Seeing this horrifying picture of Turkey, now the question is arising that how sensitive is India to earthquakes? According to the government, about 59 percent of India’s land area is vulnerable to earthquakes of varying intensity. Cities and towns in eight states and union territories are in Zone-5 and are at risk of earthquakes of the highest intensity. Even the National Capital Region is in Zone-4, which is a very dangerous situation.

Minister of State for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Jitendra Singh told the Lok Sabha in July 2021, “ Considering the recorded history of earthquakes in the country, 59 percent of India’s total land area is vulnerable to earthquakes of varying intensities. Is.’ According to the report of India Today, he had said that the total area of ​​the country was divided into four seismic zones. On the basis of scientific information, the whole country has been divided into seismic zones.

Zone 5 is the most dangerous in this. According to scientists, an earthquake of magnitude 9 on the Richter scale can occur in this area. Explain that Zone 5 is the area where the most intense earthquakes occur, while the least intense earthquakes occur in Zone 2. About 11% of the country’s area is in Zone 5, 18% in Zone 4, 30% in Zone 3, and the rest in Zone 2. For more than 700 years there has been tectonic stress in this area, which will be released now or after 200 years. As indicated by studies in 2016. This will have a huge impact on the Central Himalayas.

The Central Himalayan region is one of the most seismically active regions in the world. In the year 1905, there was a very strong earthquake in Kangra. In 1934, there was the Bihar-Nepal earthquake, which measured 8.2 in magnitude and killed 10,000 people. And in 1991, more than 800 people were killed in a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Uttarkashi. Whereas in 2005, 80,000 people were killed in the region after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Kashmir.

Zone 5 consists of Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Jammu and Kashmir, and Andaman and Nicobar. The National Center for Seismology is the nodal government agency for monitoring earthquakes in and around the country. Across the country, there is a National Seismic Network, consisting of 115 observation centers, which monitor seismic activity.

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