59% of India's land mass prone to earthquakes: Report

 KOLKATA: After massive earthquakes battered parts of Turkey and Syria, almost all seismic zones are in alert mode, including in India, with a report warning that as much as 59% of the country's land mass is prone to earthquakes of different intensities.

According to experts, Kolkata which is in Seismic Zone 4, is not on the radar for major earthquake tremors, but being adjacent to Zone 5, the port city's high-rises may pose some risk. Earthquake expert Sujit Dasgupta told ANI that the resonance wave generated due to the earthquake can prove to be a threat to the high-rise buildings of Kolkata.

"There was great devastation in the 2001 Gujarat earthquake. Since the epicentre of the earthquake was Bhuj, the damage was more there, but the effect of this earthquake was also seen in Ahmedabad. Due to the earthquake in Bhuj, the tall buildings of Ahmedabad were shaken. This happened because of Resonance Web," Dasgupta added. (ANI)

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