National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) jointly with BMTPC have prepared the Earthquake Hazard Zoning maps of India as a whole, every State and UT of the country and each district, taking the details up to the sub-district namely, Tehsil, Talukas, Blocks, etc. based on IS 1893(Part 1):2002.
The latest Seismic Zone Map of India denotes that about 59 percent of India’s land area is vulnerable to moderate to severe seismic hazard i.e. prone to shaking of MSK intensity VII and above. In the recent past, most Indian cities have witnessed the phenomenal growth of multi-storied buildings, super malls, luxury apartments and social infrastructure as a part of the process of development. The rapid expansion of the built environment in moderate or high-risk cities makes it imperative to incorporate seismic risk reduction strategies in various aspects of urban planning and construction of new structures.
The necessity to disseminate information regarding hazard proneness at district level has been felt by experts time and to provide necessarily a tool to District Disaster Management Authorities for planning of the Earthquake Disaster Reduction, based on Indian Standard Code IS 1893:2002 Criteria for Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures, Part 1 General Provisions and Buildings (Fifth Revision) and using the Vulnerability Atlas of India (2006), brought out by Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC), Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, GOI which provides earthquake hazard maps in digitized form upto State level in 1:2 million scale.
These outputs will be useful for Code Committees, architects and engineers, insurance agencies, people involved in land use planning, and, in various aspects of public and financial policies dealing with disaster mitigation and emergency planning and management.
This information can be used by every citizen of the country by looking at the District Hazard Zoning Map to know in which intensity zone his/her village is and then to approach the knowledgeable authorities for guidance about his/her safety from a future earthquake occurrence in the area.
Earthquake Hazard Map of India is an Android Tools app developed by BMTPC and published on the Google play store. It has gained around 1000 installs so far, with an average rating of 4.0 out of 5 in the play store.
Earthquake Hazard Map of India requires Android with an OS version of 4.2 and up. In addition, the app has a content rating of Everyone, from which you can decide if it is suitable to install for family, kids, or adult users. Earthquake Hazard Map of India is an Android app and cannot be installed on Windows PC or MAC directly.
Android Emulator is a software application that enables you to run Android apps and games on a PC by emulating Android OS. There are many free Android emulators available on the internet. However, emulators consume many system resources to emulate an OS and run apps on it. So it is advised that you check the minimum and required system requirements of an Android emulator before you download and install it on your PC.
Below you will find how to install and run Earthquake Hazard Map of India on PC:
If you follow the above steps correctly, you should have the Earthquake Hazard Map of India ready to run on your Windows PC or MAC. In addition, you can check the minimum system requirements of the emulator on the official website before installing it. This way, you can avoid any system-related technical issues.
| Earthquake Hazard Map of India APK 1.0.0 | 6.47 MB | 1.0.0 |
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