Earthquake of magnitude 4.4 hits Haryana, tremors felt across Delhi-NCREarthquake in Delhi: A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck Jhajjar, Haryana, on Thursday morning, causing tremors felt across Delhi-NCR. The qu...
10 Jul, 2025, 01.42 PM IST
Delhi has survived nearly 500 tremors in 30 years but a specialist has a 8.0 magnitude warning for national capitalDelhi Earthquakes: The recent 4.0 magnitude tremor in Delhi-NCR highlights the potential threat of a major earthquake in the Himalayas, wit...
18 Feb, 2025, 12.05 PM IST
Why Delhi is sitting on a seismic timebomb with Haridwar and Moradabad connectionA 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck Delhi-NCR early Monday, marking the first significant seismic activity directly within Delhi in 295 years...
17 Feb, 2025, 11.26 AM IST
As earthquake jolts Delhi-NCR, here's why the national capital experiences frequent tremorsDelhi Earthquake Tremors: A 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck Delhi-NCR early on Monday with no reported damage or injuries. Situated in Seis...
17 Feb, 2025, 09.50 AM IST
Earthquake of magnitude 3.4 strikes LadakhLeh and Ladakh both lie in the Siesmic Zone-IV of the country, which means they are at a very high risk in terms of vulnerability to earthq...
02 Dec, 2023, 09.46 AM IST
Old Parliament 'unsafe'; new building, Central Vista Avenue to be completed on time, says PuriStressing upon the need of a new Parliament building, the Union housing and urban affairs minister said that the current one is "unsafe" as...
09 Oct, 2021, 08.25 PM IST
Foreshocks, swarms caused recent earthquakes in India, says Geological Survey of India officialDr Sandip Som, the deputy director general of GSI, also said that foreshocks -- mild tremor preceding earthquakes -- or swarm activities --...
04 Oct, 2020, 04.28 PM IST
Earthquake measuring 4.7 on Richter scale felt in Delhi-NCRDelhi-NCR has seen a number of mild earthquakes in the last several weeks.
03 Jul, 2020, 08.35 PM IST
Feeling more quakes in NCR recently? It’s just the quiet during lockdownIndia has installed more quake-detection equipment, which can capture small seismic activity that went undetected earlier. Reports of tremo...
05 Jun, 2020, 09.15 AM IST
Earthquake: Know the riskiest and the safest places in DelhiThe high density of population and a large number of high-rises in Gurgaon make the National Capital Region all the more risky.
10 Sep, 2018, 02.34 PM IST
29 Indian cities highly vulnerable to earthquakes; check if your city is in the listA majority of these places are in the Himalayas, one of the most seismically active regions in the world. These cities have a combined popu...
30 Jul, 2017, 02.40 PM IST
Ensure future buildings in city seismic zone IV compliant: Delhi High CourtWith the above observation, the court directed the corporations to forward the action plan to Delhi government within two weeks.
14 Feb, 2016, 10.39 AM IST
If Nepal-like quake hits Delhi, 90% people will be wiped out: Delhi High Court"An alarming situation was revealed through an affidavit that 25% of the buildings in MCD areas fall under planned/approved area and 75% ar...
26 Aug, 2015, 07.52 PM IST
Over 670 dams in high-intensity seismic zonesGujarat tops the list with 444 such dams/ reservoirs that fall under zone IV and V, followed by Maharashtra, which has 170 such water bodie...
16 Jul, 2014, 04.26 PM IST
- Delhi among 30 cities at high risk of earthquake: Govt
Delhi is among thirty important cities in the country that fall into high risk seismic zone while Srinagar is among places at very high ris...
08 Sep, 2011, 01.14 AM IST
- 38 Indian cities fall in moderate to high risk seismic zones
Top metros like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata fall under moderate to high risk seismic zones of the country, the National Disaster Man...
10 Apr, 2011, 10.36 AM IST
- Narora Atomic plant can withstand quakes: NPCIL
With Japan's deadly quake raising questions over safety of nuclear reactors worldwide, the state-run nuclear operator today allayed any fea...
17 Mar, 2011, 02.44 PM IST