f„-KÁ·b ejq (Seismic Zone)  f„wgKÁ· msNUGbi HwZnvwmK DcvGîi wfwîGZ ˆKvb AçGji f„-KÁ·b cÉeYZv cÉKvk| ‰i gvaÅGg fwelÅGZ H AçGj AviI f„-KÁ·b msNwUZ nIqv bv nIqvi eÅvcvGi fwelÅ«¼vYx Kiv hvq| Nb Nb ‰es e†nr gvòvi f„wgKÁ· msNUGbi AwfæZvmÁ·®² ˆKvb AçGj f„-KÁ·b cÉeYZv Kg ‰es g†`y f„wgKÁ· msNUGbi AwfæZvmÁ·®² AçGj Zv AwaK| myZivs ‰KwU AçGji AZxZ f„KÁ·b AvPiY wbYÆq ‰es fwelÅr cÉeYZv wbYÆGqi jGÞÅ mswkÏÓ¡ AçGj msNwUZ g†`y I e†nr Dfq gvòvi f„-KÁ·Gbi KvwjK (temporal) I cvwimwiK e¥ŸGbi ixwZe«¬ eYÆbv AZÅvekÅK|

f„-KÁ·b ejq gvbwPò cÉYqGb f„-KÁ·b cÉeYZvi cvkvcvwk f„wg MwZi ZbyKiYI (ground motion attenuation) cÉavb Dcv`vb wnGmGe weGePÅ| ˆhmKj ‰jvKvq f„wgKGÁ·i wbweoZvi Dcvî cvIqv hvq bv ˆmmKj ‰jvKvq e†nr gvòvi ˆKvb f„wgKÁ· msNUGbi ci m†Ó¡ f„wg MwZmgƒn ˆ^GK f„-KÁ·b ejq gvbwPGòi cwigvRÆGbi RbÅ f„wg MwZi ZbyKiY cÉGqvRb nq| f„-KÁ·b ejq gvbwPò cÉYqGb weGewPZ mvaviY Dcvîmgƒn nGœQ: g†wîKv aib ‰es DrmeÕ§i AeÕ©v, f„MVb I ‰i MwZkxjZvi AeÕ©v, weMZ f„wgKÁ·mgƒGni wbweoZvi e¥Ÿb, f„wg MwZi ZbyKiY ŠewkÓ¡Åmgƒn, cÉÕ¦vweZ D®²qb I cÉavb cÉavb bMixi AeÕ©vb, A^Æ‹bwZK cwiwÕ©wZ cÉf‡wZ|

f„wgKÁ· DcGK±`ÊmgƒGni e¥Ÿb ‰es wewf®² f„MvVwbK (tectonic) eÐKmgƒGni f„i…cMvVwbK (morphotectonic) AvPiGYi wfwîGZ evsjvG`kGK wZbwU mvaviYxK‡Z f„-KÁ·b ejGq wefî× Kiv nGqGQ| ˆ`Gki DîicƒGeÆi fuvRMÉÕ¦ Açj (folded region) meÆvwaK mwò×q Açj ‰es ‰B Açj ˆRvb-1 (zone-I)-‰i A¯¦fÆyî×| ‰B AçGji evÕ• f„-KÁ·b mnMgvòv (Bask seismic coefficient) 0.08| eGi±`Ê I gaycyi AçGji bexb DwïZ µÏvBmGUvwmb ˆmvcvb Açj ‰es ewjZ ejGqi cwøGgi mÁcÉmvwiZ Açj f„-KÁ·b ejq-2 (zone-II)-‰i A¯¦fÆyî×| ‰B AçGji evÕ• f„-KÁ·b mnMgvòv 0.05| evsjvG`Gki `wÞYcwøgvçj f„-KÁ·bxq w`K ˆ^GK AGbKUv kv¯¦ ‰es ‰B Açj f„-KÁ·b ejq-3 (zone-III)-‰i A¯¦fÆyî×, hvi evÕ• f„-KÁ·b mnMgvòv 0.04| evsjvG`Gki f„-KÁ·b ejq gvbwPò cÉÕ§ZKvGj f„wgi AeÕ©v (ground condition) weGePbvq Avbv nq wb| wbGÁ²i mviwYGZ evsjvG`Gki f„-KÁ·b ejGqi ŠewkÓ¡Åmgƒn DcÕ©vcb Kiv nGjv:

mviwY  evsjvG`Gki f„-KÁ·b ejqmgƒn

ejqmgƒn	‰jvKv	msGkvwaZ gviKjx (Mercalli) gvcbx
1	evsjvG`Gki Dîi I cwøgvçj (f„-KÁ·bxq w`K ˆ^GK meÆvwaK mwò×q)	9
2	jvjgvB, eGi±`Êf„wg, gaycyi Mo, XvKv, KzwgÍÏv, ˆbvqvLvjx ‰es PëMÉvg ewjZ ejGqi cwøgvsk	8
3	evsjvG`Gki `wÞY-cƒeÆvçj I Lyjbv wefvM (f„-KÁ·bxq w`K ˆ^GK ZzjbvgƒjK kv¯¦)	7

[Av.m.g DevB` DÍÏvn]

gvbwPGòi RbÅ ˆ`Lyb  f„wgKÁ· |