Week 3 India's Seismicity

Seismicity Of India


India has a varying degree of seismicity or regions ranging from the Stable Continental Region in the south with strong 6.0 earthquakes to the Himalayas, NE India, Indo-Burma and Indian Ocean regions with large 7.0, great 8.0 and mega 9.0 earthquakes. The whole country has been divided into four zones viz. zone V, IV, III and II according to the seismic zoning map of India prepared by Bureau of Indian Standards based on the historical seismicity and strong ground motions. Out of these zones, Zone V exhibits the highest seismic risk and zone II has the least. NICEF has set out disaster risk reduction, climate change and social cohesion as priorities to be addressed in its Country Programme for 2018-2022. The areas that are of focus are strengthening the capacities of state disaster management governance systems and institutions and building community capacities, including children, to lead disaster risk reduction. They integrate risk reduction strategies into the education, health, nutrition and water and sanitation sectors to build resilience. The risk analysis is child centered to ensure that they include the impact of natural and man made hazards and conflict on children's well being and their communities. UNICEF is also supporting the design of comprehensive school safety programmes to reduce the risks faced by children in schools.











References:

https://www.episodes.org/journal/download_pdf.php?doi=10.18814/epiiugs/2020/020043#:~:text=India%20has%20a%20varying%20degree,(Mw%20%3E%209.0)%20earthquakes.

https://www.unicef.org/india/what-we-do/disaster-risk-reduction

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  1. Ana GGFebruary 9, 2023 at 3:17 PM

    Nice research- I saw this interesting article about population density and quake risk: https://twitter.com/tomaspueyo/status/1622753371663867905

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