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The reason for the intensity and high frequency of earthquakes is the Indian plate driving into Asia at a rate of approximately 47 mm/year. [1] The following is a list of major earthquakes which have occurred in India , including those with epicentres outside India that caused significant damage or casualties in the country.
A World Bank and United Nations report shows estimates that around 200 million city dwellers in India will be exposed to storms and earthquakes by 2050. [3] The latest version of seismic zoning map of India given in the earthquake resistant design code of India [IS 1893 (Part 1) 2002] assigns four levels of seismicity for India in terms of zone ...
Dainik Bhaskar (lit. ' The Daily Sun ') is a Hindi-language daily newspaper in India which is owned by the Dainik Bhaskar Group. [2] According to the World Association of Newspapers, it ranked fourth in the world by circulation in 2016 and per the Indian Audit Bureau of Circulations was the largest newspaper in India by circulation as of 2022.
On 14 January 2011, Rachna Dhingra received the India Today woman of the year award in Public Service category from Mariane Pearl and India Today Group chairman and editor-in-chief Aroon Purie for giving up a promising career and moving to Bhopal to campaign for justice for the victims of the gas tragedy and the affected families. [6] [7]
The Bhopal disaster or Bhopal gas tragedy was a chemical accident on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. In what is considered the world's worst industrial disaster , [ 3 ] over 500,000 people in the small towns around the plant were exposed to the highly ...
The 2005 earthquake was 15 km deep and centered close to some densely populated areas while this earthquake was 212.5 km deep and centered farther from populated areas, reducing its damaging effects. [19] In recent studies, geologists claim that global warming is one of the reasons for increased seismic activity. According to these studies ...
Abdul Jabbar Khan (1 June 1957 – 14 November 2019) [2] was an activist who fought for the victims of Bhopal Gas Disaster.Himself a victim of the gas leak, he devoted decades of his life, up until his death, towards seeking justice for the victims by fighting for their fair treatment and rehabilitation.
The Mw6.7 earthquake was caused by a strike slip fault in a plate boundary between the Indian and Eurasian plate along the Southern Asian region. The focal mechanism that resulted in the earthquake was the Indian plate colliding with the Eurasian plate at a speed of 48mm/yr. [3] The depth of the epicenter of the earthquake was determined to be 55 km by the USGS.