In this article, we will try to ascertain the reasons behind the occurrence of earthquakes, their brutal impacts, and the vulnerability of the northeast region that converts it into a disaster. Further, we will try to find out what rational measures should be taken for developing robust earthquake resilience.<\/span><\/p>\n Read More<\/strong> – Basics of Earthquake<\/a><\/p>\n Important Terminologies<\/b>:<\/span><\/p>\n Source: ISR<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: National Institute of Disaster Management<\/span><\/p>\n Being in the seismic zone 5, earthquakes are bound to occur in the northeast region. The government is incapable of stopping their occurrence. Although it can definitely curtail their adverse impact by developing robust resilience in consonance with Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Introduction An Earthquake of 6.4 magnitude hit Assam on April 28th, 2021. It caused sufficient damage to buildings and property but fortunately, no fatalities were reported. The northeastern region has a peculiar record of experiencing earthquakes at regular intervals due to its unique geographical location. The state of Assam itself witnessed two great earthquakes (Magnitude… Continue reading Why North-East is More Vulnerable to Earthquakes? – Explained, Pointwise<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,9],"tags":[8045,8049,1447],"class_list":["post-104475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7-pm","category-public","tag-disas_5","tag-disas_51","tag-geog_4","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":79,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698465676},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How does an earthquake occur?<\/b><\/h5>\n
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Current Scenario<\/b><\/h5>\n
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About Kopili Fault Zone<\/b><\/h5>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nHistory of Earthquakes in the Northeast Region<\/b><\/h5>\n
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Vulnerability of Northeast Region to Earthquake<\/b><\/h5>\n
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Earthquake Zonation in India<\/b><\/h5>\n
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<\/p>\nGeneral reasons behind the occurrence of earthquakes<\/b><\/h5>\n
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Impact of Earthquake<\/b><\/h5>\n
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Suggestions<\/b><\/h5>\n
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Conclusion<\/b><\/h5>\n