Does Your City Fall Under A High-Risk Seismic Zone?

According to expert statistics, on average 20,000 earthquakes are recorded each year around the world. These seismic events are one of the most destructive natural forces that render huge threats to life and property.  

Damages from earthquakes occur due to buildings collapsing and it becomes every bit imperative to introduce new designs and architectural features so that building structures are better equipped to cope with such tremendous forces and withstand earthquakes.

Understanding the seismic scenario in India to follow earthquake-safe construction remedies  

Analyzing the basic geographical and tectonic features in India link it to the Indo-Australian Plate along the northwestern end. This region encompasses India, Australia and a major part of the Indian Ocean. The Indi-Australian Plate is colliding against the Eurasian Plate and this is linked to be the main cause of frequent earthquake along this region.

Like with all aspects, India is diverse in its geology and this impacts the frequency as well as intensity of earthquakes recorded cross the country. Differentiated as per the intensities of earthquakes likely to occur or having been recorded in the past, India is divided into Five Seismic Zones - I, II, III, IV and V. “I and II” denote the least prone areas and “III, IV and V” denote high-risk seismic zones.  

All across India, 38 major cities are classified in the Zones III, IV and V category or high-risk seismic areas. As the country has a dreadful record of past and recent earthquake events, consideration of the seismic vulnerability of your city is a must before embarking on any type of infrastructure development project to guarantee better safety and earthquake resistance.       

As per government data, the cities categorised as high-risk seismic zones are -   

Zone V cities-

Guwahati and Srinagar

Zone IV cities -

Delhi, Patna, Dehradun, Jamnagar, Meerut, Jammu, Amritsar and Jalandhar

Zone III cities -

Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Pune, Bhiwandi, Nashik, Greater Mumbai, Thane, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Chennai, Asansol, Coimbatore, Agra, Varanasi, Bareilly, Lucknow, Kanpur, Kolkata, Indore, Jabalpur, Vijayawada, Dhanbad, Mangalore, Kochi, Kozhikode, Trivandrum

Ensure earthquake resistant construction with use of TMT Steel Bars to prevent risks of damage  

For a building, to have the ability of withstanding sudden shaking of the earth is imperative to prevent loss of life and property. Minimizing the structural damages from earthquakes is a critical investment of engineering and architecture that involves use of high-quality reinforcements in the form of TMT Steel Bar in Ghaziabad as well as proper design of joints, foundations and structural members.   

Shri Rathi Group is a leading manufacturer and supplier of Top Saria Brand in Ghaziabad and these Thermo-Mechanically Treated Steel Rods offer the perfect balance of strength and flexibility so as to ensure maximum protection against earthquakes.