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Zone IV : High Damage Risk Zone (MSK VIII)
Zone III : Moderate Damage Risk Zone (MSK VII)
Note : The territorial waters of India extend into the sea to a distance of twelve nautical miles measured from the appropriate base line Zone II : Low Damage Risk Zone (MSK VI or less)

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BMTPC : Vulnerability Atlas −2nd Edition; Peer Group, MoH&UPA; Map is Based on digitised data of SOI, GOI; Seismic Zones of India Map IS:1893 −2002, BIS, GOI,
Seismotectonic Atlas of India and its Environs, GSI, GOI